The Bears '25 preseason

[BearsWillWin]

The Bears are not a possible option for an overseas game.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

The Bears are not a possible option for an overseas game.

The link below apparently supports your take here. I don't see the Bears listed as a team for any overseas game:

2025 NFL schedule release sneak peek: Here are 11 things we already know about this year's slate of games

The 2025 schedule isn't out yet, but we already know quite a few things about this year's slate of games

www.cbssports.com

Even tho the schedule has yet to be released, teams have already been selected to host various overseas games, and their possible opponents are listed as well - none of which shows the Bears.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Here are a couple of post-day one practice pressers with our top four picks:




This season can't come soon enough.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

In case anyone was wondering, the Bears have the 2nd toughest strength-of-schedule this season:

Ten teams with most difficult NFL strength of schedule, plus NFC North offseason grades

Here's everything you need to know about the NFL for May 9

www.cbssports.com

Of course this largely has to do with having to face our Norris rivals twice each. And they had three of the five best records in the NFC, so naturally that skews the percentage.

 

[wood20ks]

 

[jwolt92]

Team	2024 Pre-season SOS	2024 SOS	Difference
Browns	1	6	-5
Ravens	2	16	-15
Steelers	3	11	-8
Packers	T-4	3	+1
Texans	T-4	17	-13
Bills	T-6	12	-6
Giants	T-6	14	-8
Jaguars	T-8	27	-19
Raiders	T-8	20	-12
Patriots	T-8	18	-10

For reference, the Bears started last year as T-29th toughed schedule and ended with the 8th.

I wouldn't be worried so much about the "toughness" of the schedule and just beating the teams you're supposed to beat when we get there

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Team	2024 Pre-season SOS	2024 SOS	Difference
Browns	1	6	-5
Ravens	2	16	-15
Steelers	3	11	-8
Packers	T-4	3	+1
Texans	T-4	17	-13
Bills	T-6	12	-6
Giants	T-6	14	-8
Jaguars	T-8	27	-19
Raiders	T-8	20	-12
Patriots	T-8	18	-10

For reference, the Bears started last year as T-29th toughed schedule and ended with the 8th.

I wouldn't be worried so much about the "toughness" of the schedule and just beating the teams you're supposed to beat when we get there

That's an interesting take that rarely if ever gets discussed. The strength of schedule is always a subject of interest at the start of the season, but never at its end when it matters most.

 

[wood20ks]

Team	2024 Pre-season SOS	2024 SOS	Difference
Browns	1	6	-5
Ravens	2	16	-15
Steelers	3	11	-8
Packers	T-4	3	+1
Texans	T-4	17	-13
Bills	T-6	12	-6
Giants	T-6	14	-8
Jaguars	T-8	27	-19
Raiders	T-8	20	-12
Patriots	T-8	18	-10

For reference, the Bears started last year as T-29th toughed schedule and ended with the 8th.

I wouldn't be worried so much about the "toughness" of the schedule and just beating the teams you're supposed to beat when we get there

Clearly the games have to be played, but every year teams fall off and teams rise. The packers do not strike me as a team that is very good and the commies should have lost to the bears last year. Joe burrow and that offense is always a challenge but I'm guessing that defense will still be a sieve.Minny depends on how good JJ is. Outside the raiders the rest are certainly a challenge.

The real part I wanna see is the Caleb Williams effect.....I hooe he is as advertised,as he showed flashes of it last season,and hope the Bears def can keep us in ghe game to where we need to score 30÷ plus a game to win......

 

[richig07]

Clearly the games have to be played, but every year teams fall off and teams rise. The packers do not strike me as a team that is very good and the commies should have lost to the bears last year. Joe burrow and that offense is always a challenge but I'm guessing that defense will still be a sieve.Minny depends on how good JJ is. Outside the raiders the rest are certainly a challenge.

The real part I wanna see is the Caleb Williams effect.....I hooe he is as advertised,as he showed flashes of it last season,and hope the Bears def can keep us in ghe game to where we need to score 30÷ plus a game to win......

Exactly. If Caleb progresses and takes a big step? If this team figures out how to close games they should win? We're going to find 10-11 wins, IMO.

Big "ifs" and I don't take those things lightly. My point is that we haven't the talent on this roster. Our biggest battle is with ourselves in terms of becoming competitive again. If the key pieces flush themselves out? We will win football games. If not? We won't win football games. That's why I'm not going to get so invested into the schedule this season. There's a lot going on with our guys right now. I am more interested in that.

 

[wood20ks]

Clearly the games have to be played, but every year teams fall off and teams rise. The packers do not strike me as a team that is very good and the commies should have lost to the bears last year. Joe burrow and that offense is always a challenge but I'm guessing that defense will still be a sieve.Minny depends on how good JJ is. Outside the raiders the rest are certainly a challenge.

The real part I wanna see is the Caleb Williams effect.....I hooe he is as advertised,as he showed flashes of it last season,and hope the Bears def can keep us in ghe game to where we need to score 30÷ plus a game to win......

The last sentence was to read"where we DO NOT need to score 30+ pts a game to win"

Sorry for the misunderstanding.....

 

[BearsWillWin]

The biggest ? on the Bears offense isn't CW. It's the offensive line.

Last season CW had 20 touchdowns and only 6 picks with nearly 3600 behind a pathetic line paired with bad coaching. Bubble screen galore with no deep ball game. The deep ball problem was probably half the line and half CW not being accurate enough on the deep ball.

This offense will only go as far as the line is gonna take it. That should have been the biggest takeaway from the Eagles SB run. Trench play matters more than anything.

 

[wood20ks]

First game of the season was just announced,its Dallas vs Philly.

So we dont have to worry about opening vs the Champs.....

Bring on Jayden......

 

[wood20ks]

Seen somewheres this game is Black Friday......if so,by then we should know where we stand as a team.....Lets just hope our oline is healthy and up to the task.....

 

[wood20ks]

Supposedly Adam Schefter reported it....atleast he is believable....but still who knows.
1 more day to go.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

The Bears are not a possible option for an overseas game.

Guess this makes it official:

NFL international games 2025: League announces historic 7-game slate of international, overseas contests

The NFL will play seven international games in 2025.

sports.yahoo.com

Seven overseas NFL games this year and no Bears on the list.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Could the Bears be on prime time this often in '25?

Predicting Chicago Bears 2025 Prime Time Games

Here’s looking at who the Bears could be playing in stand alone games

www.windycitygridiron.com

We know three of these games are already on the books - the 'Black Friday' game at the Eagles, the week 16 Saturday game at home against the Packers, and Xmas night at the Commanders. However, for ex-pats like me who live in a neutral city, I won't be able to catch the Eagles game being televised on Amazon Prime, or the Commanders game being shown on Netflix, being I don't subscribe to either. Actually, I'm a former subscriber to Netflix, so maybe I'll consider re-upping with them. But I'm never more than a short drive from a casino sports book, so I can always catch those games there. The others mentioned in the article are just suggestions at this point, but all of them are sensible. Ok, maybe the Steelers as a national game is a bit of a stretch.

 

[justanidiot]

Could the Bears be on prime time this often in '25?

Predicting Chicago Bears 2025 Prime Time Games

Here’s looking at who the Bears could be playing in stand alone games

www.windycitygridiron.com

We know three of these games are already on the books - the 'Black Friday' game at the Eagles, the week 16 Saturday game at home against the Packers, and Xmas night at the Commanders. However, for ex-pats like me who live in a neutral city, I won't be able to catch the Eagles game being televised on Amazon Prime, or the Commanders game being shown on Netflix, being I don't subscribe to either. Actually, I'm a former subscriber to Netflix, so maybe I'll consider re-upping with them. But I'm never more than a short drive from a casino sports book, so I can always catch those games there. The others mentioned in the article are just suggestions at this point, but all of them are sensible. Ok, maybe the Steelers as a national game is a bit of a stretch.

I heard that they are allowed to have 6 prime time games, not sure if they can be flexed into a 7th.

Never really liked the heavy prime time schedule, but it is what it is.

As far as preseason, lets see how it goes. Will we hear the "dont show too much" will we have no starters week 1, 3 snaps week 2, one quarter week 3, then nothing week 4 where it takes three regular season games to find cohesiveness? Thats how they get rolling week 4, when it could be week 2.

Lets just hope they retired the prison stripes alternate halloween uniforms they never win in for one of the prime time games.

 

[BearsWillWin]

If we are talking about the 1936 throwback stripes....Bears are 7-1 when they wear them.

 

[richig07]

Supposedly Adam Schefter reported it....atleast he is believable....but still who knows.
1 more day to go.

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Black Friday game is a weird sort of concept, but I'll definitely look forward to it this year.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Altho it's not official yet, it looks like the Bears will be hosting the Vikings on Week One's MNF.