Texans - Bears: Times, how to watch on TV and stream online | NFL preseason Hall of Fame game

The moment we have waited for over five long months is finally here. After 172 days, football is finally back. The long awaited and much anticipated Hall of Fame Game is here to end the drought and give us the taste of pig skin that we have so desperately been craving.

Hall of Fame Game from Canton

It’s the Houston Texans and the Chicago Bears set to kick off the preseason from Canton, Ohio this Sunday. The game will begin a long weekend of festivities from the home of football as seven legends of the game are set to be inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Considering it’s the opening game of the opening week of preseason, we aren’t likely to see any of the big names that would be featured in a regular season game between the Texans and the Bears. Chicago is being awfully quiet about their plans with No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams, and Houston QB CJ Stroud showed is likely to be in street clothes for opening game of the preseason slate.

Each of these teams started training camp just two weeks ago, so the focus for this game will be on players fighting for roster spots way down the depth chart. The Texans began camp the 17th of July, and Bears brought their veterans on the 19th.

How to watch Bears vs. Texans

The game will take place on Thursday, August 1st from Tom Benson Stadium in Canton, Ohio. The game will be televised on ESPN, ABC, ESPN Deportes and can be streamed on ESPN+. You can also stream the game on Fubo. If you aren’t a subscriber yet, click here for more details.

This will be the first of four preseason games for the Texans and the Bears while the rest of the teams around the league will have just three exhibitions. It won’t tell us much about how each team is going to look this season, but the important thing heading into this game is: football is back, baby!