Eagles vs. Bears Week 3 Betting Odds, Prediction and Picks: Will Caleb Williams Play on MNF?
Two NFC playoff teams from last season square off on Monday Night Football to conclude NFL Week 3 as the Philadelphia Eagles visit Chicago. The Bears might be short favourites normally on the NFL odds but likely will be without QB Caleb Williams and thus are 3.5-point underdogs. The total is 43.5.
Eagles vs. Bears Kickoff, Weather, TV, Streaming Info
It’s a typical 8:15 p.m. ET kickoff on Monday night shown on both ESPN and ABC in the USA and streaming on the ESPN app.
In Canada, Eagles vs. Bears kicks off Monday at 8:15 p.m. ET and will be available on TSN. The game can also be streamed nationwide on DAZN through NFL Game Pass.
The Bears’ Week 2 game was affected by some weather but this one appears in the clear: A few clouds. Low 58F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph.
NFL Betting Odds, Point Spread, Trends
Which Bears offence shows up Monday? That depends obviously on the quarterback (see below) but in Week 1 with a healthy Caleb Williams under centre the team scored 59 points in an easy victory. In Week 2 when he left in the fourth quarter injured, Chicago managed only three points. That was the fourth-largest week-over-week point drop-off in NFL history. The biggest swing belongs to the 1973 Falcons, who had a 62-point falloff.
Philadelphia, meanwhile, has managed exactly 24 points in back-to-back wins and has started 2-0 for the fourth time in the past five seasons. The Super Bowl window still seems open for the champions of the 2024 season.
Including four playoff matchups, Chicago is 30-17-1 all-time in the series and was an upset winner in Philadelphia in November 2025 by a score of 24-15 to snap a six-game skid in the series. The Bears ran for 281 yards with both D’Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai totaling a TD and at least 125 yards on the ground. Jalen Hurts threw for two scores and an INT in a losing effort.
NFL Player Odds and Props
Assuming that Bears backup QB Tyson Bagent is the starter, play him Under 1.5 touchdown passes. For the Eagles, take Tank Bigsby for a rushing score. He’s the backup tailback to Saquon Barkley, but Barkley is questionable and Bigsby often gets goal-line calls regardless. He scored last Sunday when Barkley was limited.
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles rallied for a 24-20 win at Tennessee on Sunday thanks to Jalen Hurts’ 3-yard TD pass to Darius Cooper with nine seconds remaining. It marked the latest game-winning offensive touchdown by Philadelphia since 2012. It was Hurts’ first go-ahead TD pass in the final minute of regulation or OT in his career, which is surprising. Hurts also has become the first Philly QB with since Carson Wentz in 2017 with at least two TD passes in each of the first two games of a season. The Eagles are 2-0 for the fourth time in the past five seasons. Star tailback Saquon Barkley, the former NFL Offensive Player of the Year, and starting tight end Dallas Goedert both left injured Sunday. Barkley might be ready for Monday, but Goedert is going to miss some time. He has five catches for 81 yards and two scores. The team has signed three-time Pro Bowler Zach Ertz, who played for Philly from 2013-21, to help fill the hole.
Chicago Bears
The big question is whether quarterback Caleb Wiliams plays after a bad-looking non-contact injury in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s ugly 9-3 home loss to Minnesota. It does appear the Bears avoided disaster, but it’s quite unlikely that Williams will be ready for Week 3. Sunday’s loss snapped his Bears record of eight straight games with at least two touchdown passes. Williams has not missed a game since being selected by the Bears with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 draft out of Southern Cal. Tyson Bagent is a decent backup with a career 2-2 mark in the NFL as a starter, with all four coming in 2023. Chicago has now lost back-to-back home games after starting 6-1 at Soldier Field under coach Ben Johnson. His offence was a disaster against the Vikings in failing to score on possessions that reached Minnesota’s 1, 5 and 12.
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