While the Seahawks' playoff fate isn't affected much by their Week 17 game at the Bears, "the focus is going to win this football game," coach Mike Macdonald said.

The Seattle Seahawks will try to regroup and give their fading playoff hopes a boost when they visit the Chicago Bears. The Seahawks are coming off back-to-back losses.

Seahawks 6-8-1; Bears 6-7-2. Series record: Seahawks lead 11-8. Last meeting: Bears beat Seahawks 25-24 in Seattle on Dec. 26, 2021. Last week: Seahawks lost to Minnesota 27-24; Bears lost to Detroit 34-17.

As the Seattle Seahawks face the Chicago Bears on Thursday Night Football, they will be without a key weapon on their offense as they try to keep their playoff hopes alive. With the Seahawks monitoring the injury to running back Kenneth Walker,

With Walker out, Zach Charbonnet is expected to make another start, and the Seahawks have full confidence in the second-year back, who has rushed for 453 yards and eight touchdowns, including a career-best 134 yards while starting in place of Walker in Seattle's Week 14 win in Arizona.