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alternate uniforms that the Chicago Bears will wear twice during their 100th season Riley Reiff Jersey , which also is the league’s 100th season: The Bears won’t be wearing them when the season opens with a Thursday night grudge match against the Green Bay Packers.The unveiling of the Bronco Nagurksi jerseys came with an announcement that the uniforms will be worn on September 29 against the Vikings, and on December 5 against the Cowboys.It’s possible that the Bears are opting for a Mean Machine-style surprise on opening night, with their normal uniforms being worn during pregame warmups before a pre-kick okey-doke where they make a quick change before officially taking the field. It’s also possible that the Bears realize that the opener already has enough excitement without the old-school uniforms, prompting them to save the two times for wearing the alternate uniforms until later in the season.And that’s the rule — twice per year for alternate uniforms. During the league’s 75th season Latavius Murray Jersey , however, the 49ers eventually obtained a dispensation to wear their throwbacks with shadows on the numbers through the postseason. Maybe the NFL will let the Bears go back in time to 1936 on at least three occasions, starting with the first game of the year. When the Vikings signed quarterback Kirk Cousins as a free agent this offseason, the thought was that his arrival would help the team build on last year’s 13-3 record and trip to the NFC Championship Game.It hasn’t quite worked out that way. The Vikings are 6-5-1 with a trip to Seattle for a game on Monday night on deck and a loss would deal their playoff hopes a blow heading into the final three games of the year. While that’s not where they hoped to be at this point in the year George Iloka Jersey , Cousins said a few weeks ago that the experience with the Vikings was exceeding his expectations.Two losses in the last three games have led to a different response when Cousins takes stock of the team.“I do think that we can point to some times throughout the year where we’ve underachieved, not because we weren’t giving effort or preparation, but we just haven’t been able to sustain the level of potential in this locker room, play in and play out Matt Wile Jersey ,” Cousins said, via the .The final four weeks offer a chance for Cousins and company to finish the year closer to the level many expected them to be on when the year got underway. Anything else will be taken as a big step back for Minnesota this season.