I don't like this. I was hoping this would be a noon game that hardly anybody would watch, so the Bears wouldn't feel much shame in playing their scrubs and losing. Now that it will have a national audience, the Bears will be more inclined to make a statement going into the postseason.
Also, the Bears have a lot of tuning up to do on both sides of the ball going into their bye week, so I think they will make a serious effort, hoping to put the game away by early in the third quarter.