What would a 49ers’ season opener on the Chicago Bears imply?
Look past an attractive matchup of quarterbacks Trey Lance and Justin Fields.
It will be a weekend bonanza for San Francisco sports activities followers, as a result of the Giants are on the town on the similar time to face the Cubs at Wrigley Discipline.
The NFL formally will unveil this season’s schedule tonight at 5 p.m., however a 49ers-Bears opener is being reported by Danny Parkins of Chicago’s WSCR-AM 670. He didn't specify if the sport would fall on both Sunday, Sept. 11 or Monday evening, Sept. 12.
On Friday by way of Sunday of that very same weekend, the Giants will go to the Cubs in a three-game sequence, their solely assembly in Chicago this season.
Soccer-wise, all eyes will likely be on the 49ers’ and Bears’ quarterbacks from the 2021 draft class.
Lance was the No. 3 total draft decide final yr, and he’s projected to take over the 49ers’ quarterback reigns after beginning two video games as a rookie understudy to Jimmy Garoppolo.
Fields was the No. 11 decide, and he went 2-8 because the Bears’ starter, together with an Oct. 31 loss to Garoppolo and the 49ers. Fields threw for 175 yards and ran for 103 yards, with a landing each passing and speeding, in that 33-22 Bears loss. Lance didn't play that recreation as Garoppolo handed for 322 yards and ran for 2 touchdowns.
Garoppolo, you'll have heard, stays on the 49ers’ roster after March shoulder surgical procedure foiled a possible commerce.
Fields misplaced his last seven begins as a rookie earlier than getting sidelined by well being points (ribs, ankle, COVID).
The Bears went 6-11 final season, fired coach Matt Nagy and changed him with Matt Eberflus, previously the Indianapolis Colts’ defensive coordinator.
The 49ers are 2-3 in season openers underneath Kyle Shanahan, and people wins got here on the highway (2019 in Tampa Bay, 2021 in Detroit) to launch playoff-bound seasons.
The 49ers final opened a season in opposition to the Bears in 2003, when Dennis Erickson gained his 49ers’ teaching debut 49-7 at Candlestick Park. The 49ers additionally gained their 1965 opener in opposition to the Bears at Kezar Stadium, the place they misplaced their 1962 debut in opposition to them.
On a associated notice, the Bears on Thursday signed large receiver Dante Pettis, a 2018 second-round decide by the 49ers who acquired waived in November 2020 and was with the New York Giants since then.
The NFL introduced final week that the Arizona Cardinals will host the 49ers in Mexico Metropolis on Nov. 21.
Different highway video games for the 49ers are at Atlanta, Carolina, Las Vegas, Denver and their annual NFC West tilts in opposition to Seattle and the Los Angeles Rams.
The 49ers’ residence video games, apart from the NFC West, are in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the New Orleans Saints, the Miami Dolphins, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, the Los Angeles Chargers and the New Orleans Saints.