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For the third consecutive season, the NFL will play a game on Black Friday.
The Chicago Bears will face the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday at 3 pm ET at Lincoln Financial Field in a battle between two 8-3 teams. Amazon Prime Video will exclusively stream the broadcast, but fans will not need a subscription to watch the game.
Broadcasting legend Al Michaels will be the play-by-play announcer, Kirk Herbstreit will be the analyst, while Kaylee Hartung will be the sideline reporter.
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(Left) Caleb Williams (18) of the Chicago Bears looks on against the Minnesota Vikings in the second quarter at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Nov. 16, 2025. (Right) Jalen Hurts (1) of the Philadelphia Eagles is in action against the Detroit Lions at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 16, 2025. (David Berding/Getty Images; Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
The first game of Black Friday was between the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets, a game the Dolphins won 34-13. Last year’s Black Friday game was between the Kansas City Chiefs and Las Vegas Raiders, which the Chiefs won 19-17, becoming the first team to clinch a playoff berth in 2024.
The Bears enter the high-stakes NFC battle having won their last four games. Ben Johnson, in his first season as head coach, has helped quarterback Caleb Williams become a solid quarterback in his second year in the NFL.
In 11 games this season, the former No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft completed 59.2% of his passes for 2,568 yards with 16 touchdowns and four interceptions, while rushing for 293 yards and three touchdowns.
In the Bears’ most recent win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 12, a game they won 31-28, Williams completed 19 of 35 passes for 239 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions.
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Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) walks off the field after an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Chicago, Illinois, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (Nam Huh/AP Photo)
The Eagles, on the other hand, are coming off a brutal loss, as they blew a 21-0 lead to the Dallas Cowboys when the offense faltered after making an early breakthrough.
Running back Saquon Barkley, coming off a historically good season, hasn’t been the same player this season. In the Eagles’ loss to the Cowboys, Barkley ran for just 22 yards on 10 carries and had a costly fumble.
The 28-year-old rushed for 2,005 yards and 13 touchdowns last season in 16 games, averaging a staggering 125.3 yards per game on 5.8 yards per attempt. This season, Barkley doesn’t even run half as much and has a lot of yards per game (62.2).
In 11 games, Barkley has 185 carries for 684 yards and four touchdowns.
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While the Eagles’ offense as a whole has yet to click under first-year offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo, the defense has been outstanding.
Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio’s unit has allowed the fewest eight points per game this season (20.5) and has kept the team in many games. The Bears have scored the eighth-most points per game this season (26.3), setting up an exciting showdown between the two NFC contenders.
With both teams atop the NFC, this game has playoff implications as far as seeding goes.
