Patriots vs. Bears live updates: Score, news, discussion for Thursday Night Football

For a second time this season, the New England Patriots will appear on national television on Thursday night. The hope is that the outcome will be different than the last time.

After dropping the season opener to the Seattle Seahawks, the team of head coach Mike Vrabel will now take on the Chicago Bears in a battle of 4-2 teams. With both clubs on a short week and facing some personnel questions, proper physical and mental preparation was one of the key talking points during the week.

"You can't let how you feel physically affect your mental preparation," said Vrabel. "It's something that we've tried to focus on during these short weeks over the last however many years that we've done them."

Will the Patriots' preparation help them earn a fifth victory? Let's find out together. Welcome to our Patriots-Bears live tracker and community discussion.

Thursday, Oct. 22, 8:15 p.m. ET | Soldier Field (Chicago, IL) | Broadcast information | Game day roster | Inactives | Weather forecast

The Patriots started the game on offense, and with an incompletion that sailed high over wide receiver A.J. Brown's head. Drake Maye found more success targeting his running backs, hitting Rhamondre Stevenson for a gain of 19 yards and later finding TreVeyon Henderson on back-to-back plays. However, a Stevenson run on 3rd-and-6 didn't get the proper yards and New England turned the ball over on downs after a sack on the subsequent 4th-and-5.

The Bears offense started its Thursday night in good field position, and with a chunk play to Luther Burden for 26 yards against Marcus Jones. However, an inaccurate pass on a subsequent 3rd-and-7 ended the drive and set up a 43-yard field goal for the game's first points. | Patriots 0 : 3 Bears

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