Chicago vs. Buffalo: Bears Week 1 Game Preview
Published by Matt Eurich on September 5, 2014
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
After months of waiting, the 2014 regular season will finally kickoff this Sunday for the Chicago Bears.
The team will look to win its fifth straight opening-day contest at Soldier Field this Sunday against the Buffalo Bills.
Chicago and Buffalo have met just 11 times since 1970 with the Bears holding a 7-4 record in the all-time series.
After allowing an NFL-worst 161.4 rushing yards per game last season, Bears general manager Phil Emery used this offseason to bolster his team’s defensive line with the additions of Jared Allen, Lamarr Houston, Willie Young, Trevor Scott, Ego Ferguson and Will Sutton.
The new unit will face an early test going up against Buffalo’s C.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson.
Last season, Spiller and Jackson combined for 1,823 yards rushing with 11 touchdowns and averaged close to 4.47 yards per carry.
“Speed,” Ferguson said Wednesday when asked about what stands out about Spiller and Jackson, via Jeff Arnold of ChicagoFootball.com. “All of them (Spiller, Jackson and quarterback E.J. Manuel) have speed. So the biggest thing for us is to be disciplined and stay in our gaps.
The Bears struggled with their discipline and staying in their gaps last season, but if they want to beat Buffalo on Sunday, they’ll have to prove they have corrected their issues from a year ago.
The Bears have 54 opening-day victories, the most by any team in NFL history, and they will look to add to that total when they kick off their 95th season this Sunday.
Here is our Chicago vs. Buffalo Week 1 preview.
