The Chicago Bears will come into Week 5 of the NFL regular season looking to recover from their embarrassing blowout loss to the Green Bay Packers last weekend. That 17-38 loss dumped them to 2-2, and this week they must go on the road to the Carolina Panthers for what is sure to be a tough and hard-fought game.
Today's match up can be watched on the Fox network, or online through live stream on Direct TV's NFL Sunday Ticket by clicking here.
The Panthers also come into today's game on 2-2, and Carolina also had a bad time in Week 4. They went on the road to the Baltimore Ravens, and even though most thought it would be a close game, the Ravens came out of the game with a huge 38-10 win, leaving the Panthers demoralized and embarrassed. The Panthers will want to get things back on track today at home.
Today's game comes amid news that the NFL will begin on Monday to test players for human growth hormone (HGH).
Earlier in September, the NFL and the NFLPA announced that they had agreed to a new drug policy; that new agreement was widespread but included HGH testing for the first time in the NFL's history.
A letter written by NFLPA president Eric Winston to players has been leaked, and was published on NFL.com.
The letter reads: "As you know, the new Performance Enhancing Substances Policy includes HGH testing. Testing for HGH will begin on Monday, October 6th.
"Each week of the season, 5 players on 8 teams will be tested. No testing will occur on game days. We negotiated to ensure that the methodology of testing be conducted in the most professional and safest manner for players.
"Importantly, after three years of negotiating, players won the right to challenge any aspect of the science behind the HGH isoforms test in an appeal of a positive test."
If any performance enhancing drug policy violations are found, including HGH, the case will then be passed onto and handled by an independent arbitrator.
