When you are in the NFL, you have to be ready for every scenario, and for the coordinators of the Philadelphia Eagles, having two fewer days to prepare for a game is part of the challenge. The turnaround time is so fast, and that is what Vic Fangio and Kevin Patullo are facing this week ahead of the "Back in Black" game – the team is wearing all-black uniforms and helmets and the fans are encouraged to join in the fun and wear black for the 3 p.m. game against the Chicago Bears.

For Fangio, the task is facing a Bears offense that leads the NFL in explosive plays – defined as passing plays of 20 or more yards and running gains of 10-plus yards. Since Week 3, the Bears lead the NFC and are second in the NFL, averaging just under 400 yards per game.

For Patullo, the defense he's facing has taken the football away 24 times, the most in the NFL. An Eagles offense looking to find consistency and start-to-finish production goes against a confident, ball-hawking group of defensive players.

With all of that, the Eagles are locked in. The short week and a chance to get back in the win column against a quality, NFC North-leading Bears team that has four consecutive wins and is 8-3 is special. That the game will be aired nationally on Prime (on FOX in the Philadelphia market) is invigorating.

First, the defense. Fangio knows the Bears have shown great playmaking skills under new head coach Ben Johnson and second-year quarterback Caleb Williams, and with Sydney Brown in line to replace the injured Andrew Mukuba at safety, the Eagles have some puzzle pieces to fill in on the back end of the defense.

"It's a great scheme. They do a great job calling the game, mixing it up, marrying their run game and their pass game," Fangio said. "They're highly ranked in a lot of areas, and I don't think it's any accident. They've got really good players and it's a great scheme and a great play caller.

"Ben does a good job of mixing it up. They package things well together. They play multiple personnel groups, and they're under center a good bit, probably more than most teams in this league. Kudos to him and his staff for bringing that young quarterback (Williams) along who I don't think ever played under center in college. He's doing a great job, and they have fought through any of the pitfalls of that and now they've got a quarterback that is executing their offense the way they want to."

Williams has engineered five fourth-quarter comebacks in games during which the Bears trailed with less than two minutes remaining. He has made an impressive improvement from his first to second season in the NFL. Williams has a big arm, a good understanding of the offense, and he can use his legs to get out of trouble.

Fangio, who called Williams "elite" as a scramble, knows the Eagles have their defensive hands full with the quarterback's ability to move the sticks with his legs.

"It's an added dimension to their offense. We've talked about how good their offense is, and now with him, there's going to be plays where you have to defend a second play that he's creating with his scrambling," Fangio said. "He's a high-level scrambler, he's strong, he's fast, he's got good instincts when he is scrambling. It's tough."

For Patullo and the Eagles' offense, the goal is to maximize drives for 60 minutes. It is a formula the Eagles have worked toward all season. With the Bears on the opposite side, the emphasis on ball security and aggressiveness is high as always.

"They do a really good job of coming after the ball," Patullo said. "Their secondary does a nice job ball hawking and seeing space, keeping vision on the quarterback. They really fly to the ball. It's really impressive what they do at all levels. The front seven plays extremely hard, and I think the biggest difference is, it's on their mind when they're going to tackle you, when they're going to do something. They're constantly going after the ball. They're hustling all over the tape. You're not going to have a lot of plays where you see one guy rushing and one guy coming after it to make a tackle.

"It's all a group effort and when you get that – that is one of the things we focused on today in the meetings, taking care of the ball. It's going to be a huge part of the game and that's what we have to do."

There is a lot on the Eagles' plate for Friday and this Prime game. The goal is to get to 9-3 and then enjoy the mini-bye weekend. To do that, the Eagles have to topple a Bears team that is going to be playing football at a high speed, confident in the growth they've made in this 2025 regular season.