Penix Jr. & Caleb Williams set to start Falcons vs Bears

Let's talk football. The Falcons set to face the Bears today. Kickoff less than an hour away. Our Emily Wisnowski joins us live from inside of Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Emily, we took a look outside earlier. We saw the people, and you have the players behind you now. Tell us what's happening. It is popping here. I will say there are a lot of Bears fans, which kind of took us by surprise. But like you said, the teams rather just stormed the field. They're getting ready to warm up for what is going to be a very anticipated matchup. Now, what's interesting is this is just the 31st meeting between these two franchises. And while they don't necessarily have all that much in common, the one thing they can't agree on here in 2026 is that they've had their fair share of quarterback conundrums. Caleb Williams, the Bears' starting quarterback, missed the first three games, or the last three games, rather, due to a hamstring injury in Michael Penix Jr. who missed the Falcons' first two, worked his way back, and then missed the final snaps of their Monday night contest due to an oblique injury. Now, if today, here on Sunday, this is something that you have been wanting, a true test matchup, to see these teams fully loaded going at each other, guess what? That is exactly what you're going to get, as both Caleb Williams and Michael Penix Jr. are expected to make the start here at Mercedes-Benz this afternoon. This is huge, guys, because both of these teams, It is practically night and day when these guys are under center. You have the Falcons averaging almost 35 points per game when Penix is in as QB1. When he's not, that number dwindles down to just 8. A very similar story can be told for the Bears as well. Now, hearing from these guys earlier, listening to their prep heading into today, neither of them seem to be under any restraints. They should be good to go, fully loaded, so it's going to be up to these offensive lines to hold the ground steady keep these guys protected so they both can do what they do best which is slinging out football far and long guys all right emily sounds good looks like a lot of fun i wish i was there to see the action hey good luck to the falcons hopefully they're able to come through i need to join the party but uh thanks so much for joining us we know that the game is set to start soon uh so we'll let you go thank you emily