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The Bears have signed veteran safety Anthony Johnson Jr., Jordan Schultz reported on Wednesday night. Johnson, 26, was a seventh-round pick by the Packers out of Iowa State in the 2023 NFL Draft. He made the 53-man roster and started in four games as a rookie, tallying an interception, three pass deflections, and 24 tackles […]
The Bears have signed veteran running back Salvon Ahmed, Jordan Schultz reported on Wednesday. Ahmed, 27, entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent signing by the 49ers in 2020. He was waived in August of that year and got claimed by the Dolphins, starting the year off on the practice squad and eventually earning […]
Part four of our five-part Chicago Bears 2026 schedule roundtable is the appetizer to the full schedule prediction, which we’ll drop tomorrow. What will the Bears’ record be at the bye week? Here’s the Bears’ schedule before their week 10 bye. Week 1 – Sept. 13 at Carolina Panthers, noon on FOXWeek 2 – Sept. 20 vs. […]
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Story on the proposed Hammond location for a Bears stadium presented without inflammatory headline The Trib (paywalled article) brought forth this hit-piece about the proposed Hammond site for the Bears new stadium. Nowhere is mentioned the person/people who basically prompted it to be written. Ken’s Note: Two things to keep […]
Here’s part three of our five-part Chicago Bears 2026 schedule roundtable. If you could go to one Chicago Bears road game in the 2026 season, which would it be? Sam Householder: At Miami in December is an easy answer and will likely be a popular road destination for Chicago fans this year. But I would […]
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Bears to update NFL on stadium sites — and Chicago isn’t one of them To the surprise of absolutely nobody outside of City Hall. Gov. Pritzker says Mayor Johnson has ‘no plan’ to keep the Bears in Chicago To the surprise of absolutely nobody outside of City Hall. Chicago Bears […]
The Chicago Bears’ 2026 schedule is a good mix of exciting matchups, tough opponents, and several primetime games. While the Bears showed last season that they can make any matchup exciting, these are three can’t-miss games of the 2026 season: Week 15 — Bears at Buffalo Bills Some of the Bears’ bigger games come later […]
The WCG crew kicked off a five-part Chicago Bears 2026 schedule roundtable yesterday, so here’s topic number two. What is the hardest stretch of games on the Bears’ 2026 schedule? Sam Householder: The division games to finish the season is an easy answer, but it’s still so far down the road we don’t know where […]
This group of articles will take a look at the newly released Panthers schedule, review the opponents, and take our best guess at predicting the outcomes of each game. Here, we’re starting with the first “quarter” of the schedule, the first four games before the Week 5 bye. Week 1: vs Chicago Bears For the […]
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS With a massive contract extension on the line, what are Bears QB Caleb Williams’ 5 biggest games this season? Question to headline writer. Let’s assume that Caleb didn’t have a contract extension ‘on the line’, does that mean he doesn’t have 5 biggest games this season? Of course not. Dumb […]
The WCG crew is kicking off a five-part Chicago Bears 2026 schedule roundtable today, and after checking out our answers, give us yours in the comment section. What is the best game on the Bears’ schedule? Sam Householder: All the late December games are hopefully going to matter a lot…or a little if the Bears […]
The Seattle Seahawks will open the 2026 NFL season against the New England Patriots, the same team they vanquished to win Super Bowl 60. Given the Super Bowl wasn’t exactly a classic from a neutral perspective, reaction has been generally underwhelming to an immediate rematch, especially when the Chicago Bears looked like a prime option […]
There had been speculation for weeks that the NFL was going to select the Chicago Bears as the Seattle Seahawks’ opponent for the NFL Kickoff game to open the 2026 season. Heck, even Michael Wilbon was talking about it on the radio like it was a done deal. When the NFL announced that it would, […]
We’re getting closer to our first look at the 2026 Chicago Bears, and there’s one thing in particular ESPN’s Ben Solak wants to know about this squad: what are sophomore stars Colston Loveland and Luther Burden III about to do now that their roles are set to expand this season? As Bears fans know, general […]
Seemingly for the entirety of the 2025 stretch run, the NFL was waiting for the wheels to fall off the Chicago Bears’ wagon. Instead of following the usual script, they rode it all the way to an NFC North title and an NFC Divisional Round appearance. That hasn’t stopped the pundits from predicting their downfall […]
Even in a down season, the Chicago Bears are a ratings winner, as their primetime games regularly score big for the NFL’s broadcast partners. So imagine how happy the League must be with the Bears coming off an 11-6 regular season, and being part of two of the most exciting postseason games of all time. […]
The Chicago Bears have had a schedule for about an hour now, so let’s make some way-too-early predictions for the 2026 season! The WCG crew will kick off a schedule release roundtable in a couple of days, so I reserve the right to revise my quick take after more thought, but for now, I see […]
Welcome to the latest episode of Bears Over Beers! This week, join our hosts Ryan Droste and Bryan Orenchuk as they present their instant reaction podcast to the official release of the 2026 NFL schedule. We look at the Bears’ 2026 NFL schedule in full, including our way-too-early game by game season predictions, our favorite […]
Green Bay Packers fans had better get their Netflix subscriptions renewed for the 2026 season. On Thursday morning, a little less than 12 hours before the full 2026 NFL schedule was released, a leak has been reported that the Packers will have a second game broadcast on the streaming platform around a major holiday. The […]
With the NFL schedule officially released tonight, it got me thinking about which games I would like to attend. That thought quicky trailed to games I have attended and finally to the question of the day: Which one was most unforgettable? For me, it would have to be Jay Cutler’s first game at Soldier Field […]
We now know which team the Detroit Lions will close out their 2026 season with. The report comes from a game not even involving the Lions. Ben Goessling of the Minnesota Star Tribune reported on Wednesday night that the Minnesota Vikings will host the Chicago Bears for their Week 18 regular season finale. Because every […]
We have our second Minnesota Vikings-related schedule leak ahead of Thursday’s formal release of the 2026 regular season slate, and it once again sees a familiar scenario for the Vikings to end a regular season with. Ben Goessling of the Minnesota Star-Tribune is reporting that the Vikings will finish up the 2026 regular season with […]
Two more games on the Philadelphia Eagles’ 2026 schedule have been leaked and they’re both primetime matchups. This news was first reported by @OzzyNFL and Ryan Fowler. The Eagles are scheduled to play the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field in a Week 3 Monday Night Football matchup. For fans traveling to the game, a fall […]
According to a report from NFL Insider Jordan Schultz, the Detroit Lions will host the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving in 2026. While the NFL strives to make this an exciting matchup, this is a pretty tame result for those looking for change. This will mark the fifth time in the last six seasons (coach Dan […]
Ever since coming over via trade in the middle of the 2023 season, Bears Edge Montez Sweat has led the team in sacks each year. Will that change in 2026? If so, who are the likeliest candidates? Though Sweat had more sacks (6) in 9 games in 2023 than he did (5.5) in 16 games […]