As the Dallas Cowboys head into Chicago for a Week 3 showdown, it is, by far, the least anticipated game of this young season, but that doesn\u2019t mean it will be easy.In Week 1, it was the first game of the entire year for the NFL; on the road against the reigning champions, and a bitter division rival, only added to the hype. Then, in the home-opener, it was yet another NFC East foe in a must-win game.<\/p>\n
This week, the Boys are headed to the Midwest to face an 0-2 team. The stakes, and viewership, seem lower than these past two games.It\u2019s quite the drop-off in hype, but if you\u2019re able to look past the face value of this game, you\u2019ll see that Dallas needs to have a healthy fear of the Bears. Putting the bias and excitement of the Giants\u2019 win behind us, here are the three biggest reasons for that fear in this Soldier Field showdown.<\/p>\n
1: Trap Game Galore: If You Look Ahead, Chicago Won\u2019t Look Back<\/p>\n
The one thing everybody is talking about in this matchup is the \u201ctrap game,\u201d and it\u2019s hard to ignore those warning signs. Oftentimes, when a team is facing a slumping opponent right the week before a huge game, they aren\u2019t able to put together their \u201cexpected\u201d performance. With the Bears sitting at 0-2, the Cowboys riding the hype of a big win, and the Packers on deck in Week 4, this has all the makings of a stereotypical trap game. If Dallas comes out of the gate with their sights set ahead, Chicago won\u2019t look back. The Cowboys must be present if they want to win this one. You can\u2019t start prepping for Green Bay until you\u2019ve handled their division rival.<\/p>\n
2: Hungry Coach & Quarterback Against Struggling Defense<\/p>\n
On the subject of the Bears\u2019 record, it\u2019s important to remember that they aren\u2019t like most 0\u20132 squads: they have a very talented, and now hungry, duo at head coach and quarterback. Caleb Williams entered the 2024 NFL Draft as one of the most hyped-up prospects in modern history. Ben Johnson came into both the 2024 and 2025 hiring cycles as the most hyped-up coach in modern history.<\/p>\n
In Williams\u2019s second season and Johnson\u2019s first, they have failed to get off to a hot start, but that doesn\u2019t take away their ability. Dallas will have their hands full with this offensive duo, especially considering how poorly the team played defensively against the Giants. If they have a repeat of that showing, expect Williams and Johnson to bounce back from this poor start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Dallas Cowboys head into Chicago for a Week 3 showdown, it is, by far, the least…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":243784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,56894,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-243783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys-news","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115242105828129739","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}