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Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season concludes with a big "Monday Night Football" showdown between the Chicago Bears and the host Seattle Seahawks (8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN). It's a potential NFC conference title game preview between two teams that have championship aspirations.
Both these teams, in fact, made big trades this week that they hope will be the final piece of the puzzle. The Seahawks added Pro Bowl guard Quenton Nelson; the Bears gave up a pair of first-round picks to acquire Pro Bowl defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons. Nelson and Simmons will likely lock up often in this game.
It's also a classic matchup between Bears head coach Ben Johnson, an offensive mastermind, and Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald, a defensive guru.
So…
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