Chicago Sun-Times (Sunday)

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- STEVE GREENBERG sgreenberg@suntimes.com | @SLGreenber­g

What, you thought Mitch Trubisky was the only quarterbac­k playing on Sunday?

While we obsess over the fourthyear pro’s every move, Bears-Lions will be just a rumor to the rest of the country as the No. 4 game on Fox in the noon time slot. The 91% of viewers who get Packers-Vikings, Eagles Washington or Seahawks-Falcons won’t know what they’re missing.

Bigger picture: As the NFL plows into Week 1, it’s surrounded by questions about how players will stay safe in a pandemic, how teams will look after no preseason games and how fan-free football will come across on TV.

But there’s another storyline of considerab­le scale that presents itself, and this one is all about quarterbac­ks. Over the week to come, it’ll be screaming right in our faces.

Tom Brady, 43, will make his Buccaneers debut against Drew Brees, 41, and the Saints. That game immediatel­y follows Bears-Lions, in case you’re so inclined. How could you not be?

The Cowboys’ Dak Prescott has a Sunday-night date with the Rams. Prescott recently opened up about the depression he felt even before his brother’s suicide in April. Somewhere, FS1’s Skip Bayless — after hitting a new low by criticizin­g Prescott on his clownish show — will be watching and, if he’s capable, feeling ashamed.

On Monday, the Steelers’ Ben Roethlisbe­rger will play after missing nearly all of last season with an elbow injury. On Thursday, No. 1 overall draft pick Joe Burrow will make his primetime debut for the Bengals. And don’t forget about that Trubisky guy. We could go on. We will. Here’s what’s happening:

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