The Chicago Bears and Cincinnati Bengals square off in Week 9 of the NFL 2025 season. Here's where to watch and start time.

The Cincinnati Bengals host the Chicago Bears on Sunday in a battle of teams looking to stay in the thick of the playoff race. Both teams enter the game with injury issues, as the Bengals have Joe Flacco dealing with an AC joint sprain while the Bears will be without D'Andre Swift and several pieces of their secondary.

Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins caught a spectacular 44-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco late in the second quarter today, and at this point Higgins scoring touchdowns in Cincinnati is to be expected.

Caleb Williams has become the first NFL starting quarterback in nearly 82 years with multiple receptions in a game.

P rior to the bye week, Justin Fields led the New York Jets to their first win of the 2025 season. Despite that performance, coach Aaron Glenn isn't committing to Fields as the Week 10 starter, at least not publicly.

The NFL season continues in Week 9 when the Cincinnati Bengals host the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Start time, how to watch, streaming and NFL TV schedule.

It’s ironic that one of the roads in front of the Cincinnati Bengals’ stadium is named Elm Street. Given the Bengals’ season, marked by Joe Burrow’s Week 2 toe injury and a struggling defense, it has been quite a nightmare for fans used to disappointment.

The Cincinnati Bengals (3-5) and the Chicago Bears (4-3) will both try to get back in the win column when they face off in NFL Week 9 on Paramount+. Joe Flacco and the Bengals are reeling after allowing 23 fourth-quarter points in a 39-38 loss to the previously-winless New York Jets.