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Next Bears Kickoff with Washington Moved Back to 3:25 P.M.

The Bears and Washington game has been moved into a featured time slot late Sunday afternoon for CBS.

Gene Chamberlain

Bears safety Elijah Hicks sprawls for an interception attempt on a deflected pass last year in Washington.
Bears safety Elijah Hicks sprawls for an interception attempt on a deflected pass last year in Washington. / Geoff Burke-Imagn Images
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The Bears game at Washington pitting Caleb Williams against Jayden Daniels won't be flexed to prime time but will be featured prominently.

The time of the kickoff has been moved back from noon Chicago time to 3:25 p.m. so the game between the two quarterbacks drafted first and second in April will be a national telecast.

CBS has the game with its national crew of Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson on the telecast.

The game has numerous other subplots, like Montez Sweat's return to face his old team for the first time and two head coaches who were considered for the Bears job, Matt Eberflus and Dan Quinn. Also, Washington's offensive coordinator is Kliff Kingsbury, who was an assistant at USC last year working with Williams.

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The Bears have won their last two games in Washington, including last season 40-20.

Both teams are currently 4-2, although the Commanders have a game Sunday against Carolina. The Bears are on their bye this week.

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GENE CHAMBERLAIN

BearDigest.com publisher Gene Chamberlain has covered the Chicago Bears full time as a beat writer since 1994 and prior to this on a part-time basis for 10 years. He covered the Bears as a beat writer for Suburban Chicago Newspapers, the Daily Southtown, Copley News Service and has been a contributor for the Daily Herald, the Associated Press, Bear Report, CBS Sports.com and The Sporting News. He also has worked a prep sports writer for Tribune Newspapers and Sun-Times newspapers.