The 7-3 Chicago Bears will play the 6-4 Pittsburgh Steelers at Soldier Field in a Week 12 matchup. Here’s what you need to know before kickoff (noon, CBS-2).
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5 things to watch — plus our predictions
Bears quarterback Caleb Williams points up filed after escaping being tackled by Vikings defensive tackle Jalen Redmond in the third quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium on Nov. 16, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Caleb Williams has never been shy about whom he modeled his game after as a kid, particularly when it comes to making throws on the run.
“Watching Aaron Rodgers — I know he’s a Green Bay guy — watching Aaron Rodgers and all his times these past 19, 20 years, he can do unbelievable things,” the Bears quarterback said after his second NFL preseason game in August 2024. “Right. Left. Running straight. All these other things. Just practicing it over time. Perfecting it.”
Bears fans can forgive Williams, a rookie then, for not knowing that he’s not supposed to say nice things about the Packers. Read more here.
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Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers throws during the first half against the Bengals on Nov. 16, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
With Aaron Rodgers, it’s a chess match. Now in his 21st NFL season, “he has seen it all. It’s hard to fool him,” Bears DC Dennis Allen said. “So you have to be able to affect him in the pocket.”
Easier said than done.
“I still think he moves around in the pocket well,” Allen said of Rodgers, who turns 42 on Dec. 2. “I don’t know that he’s creating plays down the field as much with his legs as he did when he was a little bit younger. … (But) It’s hard to get to him. He gets the ball out of his hands really quickly, throws the ball accurate. Good timing. …
“He plays a cerebral game at the quarterback position. That’s challenging for us.” Read more here.
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LB Tremaine Edmunds on injured reserve amid a flurry of moves ahead of Sunday’s game
Bears linebacker Tremaine Edmunds celebrates after deflecting a fourth-down pass by Giants quarterback Russell Wilson late in the fourth quarter Nov. 9, 2025, at Soldier Field. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Tremaine Edmunds is indeed headed to injured reserve. The Bears media website temporarily listed the weak-side linebacker on the team’s IR list Saturday morning. By afternoon, the club made the transaction official, saying Edmunds and running back Roschon Johnson have been placed on IR.
They were two of a handful of transactions announced in advance of Sunday’s game. Linebacker Carl Jones Jr. and running back Brittain Brown were signed to the 53-man roster from the practice squad.
Offensive tackle Jordan McFadden and tight end Nikola Kalinic were elevated from the practice squad to the game-day roster. Read more here.
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Mike Tomlin an exemplar for Ben Johnson, who’s working to build Bears into a long-term winner
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin looks on before a game against the Colts on Nov. 2, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (Joe Sargent/Getty Images)
The Steelers, in a lot of ways, have been the envy of the NFL for decades because of their success and unmatched stability. Since 1969, three men have held the role of head coach: Hall of Famers Chuck Noll and Bill Cowher and, since 2007, Mike Tomlin. Ben Johnson is the 13th full-time head coach of the Bears since Noll was hired.
The organization has been in pursuit of sustained success for two decades since last having consecutive winning seasons in 2005 and 2006. When done right, sustained success leads to much more than just two years, and in reality, it’s something the Bears haven’t enjoyed legitimately since Mike Ditka patrolled the sideline at Soldier Field. Read more here.
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Bears stadium news
Fans cheer during the first half of the Bears season opener against the Atlanta Falcons at Soldier Field, Sept. 10, 2017, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Most Chicagoans want the Bears to stay in their city — but don’t want to spend public money to keep them, a new survey has found.
More than two-thirds of those surveyed, 68%, said it was important to keep the team in Chicago, but an almost equal number, 65%, said the local government should spend no money to keep the team in the city. Another 28% supported a moderate level of public funding. Only 7% said the city should spend significant amounts on the effort. Read more here.
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About last week
Cairo Santos made a 48-yard field goal as time expired to give the Bears a 19-17 win over the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Santos’ field goal came moments after the Vikings took the lead on a 15-yard touchdown pass from quarterback J.J. McCarthy to wide receiver Jordan Addison. That score put the Vikings ahead 17-16 with 50 seconds remaining.
But Devin Duvernay’s 56-yard kickoff return put the Bears immediately into field-goal range, setting up the opportunity for Santos to win the game. Santos, who missed his previous try, made the 48-yard kick and finished his day 4-for-5 on field-goal attempts.
It wasn’t pretty by any means, but the Bears scratched and clawed their way to their seventh win in eight games. They improved to 7-3 on the season and avenged their Week 1 loss to the Vikings. Read more here.
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