The Chicago Bears will honor late coach Mike Ditka at Thursday's home game against the New England Patriots at Soldier Field.
All fans attending the game will get fake mustaches, and the first 10,000 will receive a knit headband inspired by Ditka's trademark sweater vest.
There will also be a Hall of Fame display in the south courtyard. During the game, the Bears will wear a No. 89 patch, and there will be a stencil on the field for Ditka.
Ditka died on Oct. 9 at the age of 86. He played tight end for the Bears from 1961 to 1966, earning the nickname "Iron Mike," then returned as their head coach in 1982. He led the team to their one and only Super Bowl championship in the 1985-1986 season.
Kickoff for the game is at 7:15 p.m.
Max Johnson is a die-hard Patriots fan, but wants to pay homage the legendary coach, who led the 1985 Bears to a 46-10 win over the Patriots in Super Bowl XX, so he's hoping to get tickets for Thursday night's game.
"The '85 Bears, obviously an amazing team. Ditka, great career. Super Bowl winning player. Super Bowl winning coach. How many people can say that?" Johnson said.
If you want to go to the game, it's going to cost a pretty penny. On ticket resale sites, the cheapest seats are going for a minimum of about $1,000 on Thursday afternoon, which might be too steep for Johnson.
"It is not looking good. Yeah. We're going to try our darndest, but, you know, it's not looking good right now," he said.
Johnson is in a bachelor party and is hoping all 13 of his friends, including himself, can get in.
"At ticket prices right now, it would be 10 grand," he said.
But the man of the hour, Clayton Cloutier, said the group might have to split up Thursday night.
"Some of us will shell out the money, some of us probably won't, but I'm definitely going to the game, I don't know about everybody else," he said.
One couple who traveled from California and have been Bears fans for a long time bought their tickets a couple of months ago.
"This was a game that happened around my birthday. So, my wife surprised me on our anniversary with game tickets," Jose Alvarez said.
Another Patriots fan who's planning to go to the game with his brother is John Manzotti, who's not a fan of the phrase "Bear down."
"Don't start that Bears down. Here we go again, Bears down. That's like, the poor thing's hurt. You know, help him up," he said.
It's the second night game of the season already at Soldier Field, and the first of three consecutive primetime games for the Bears. It's what comes with coming off an 11-6 season to win the NFC North, and having one of the league's most popular and dynamic quarterbacks in Caleb Williams.
Thursday night's game will be Williams' second start since coming back from his hamstring injury.
The first one went pretty well, with Williams carving up the Falcons defense for 305 passing yards while completing 83.3% of his passes.
Williams said his hamstring felt fine after Sunday's game and thinks he'll be fine heading into Thursday night's matchup with the Patriots, despite the short turnaround.
"I felt great. The body feels good. Didn't take many hits, didn't take any devastating hits at least, and so feeling good. Leg feels good. Everything else is kind of normal," he said. "It's building confidence in myself, building confidence in the playbook, building confidence in my wide receivers and where they'll be, even if I can't see them. It's just putting the ball where they will be, and then trusting them."
Williams had only four carries four three yards against the Falcons, and was sacked four times, tied for the most in one game since his rookie season. But if he throws the ball like on Sunday, any lack of mobility might not matter.
