With teams mostly established and getting a general idea of how good/bad they are, time to try guessing how the Bears will do this season. This is almost a brand new Bears team and anything can happen and I mean anything in a good way, most rebuilding teams struggle their first year, I may be too optimistic with this team but that's how I feel watching how the preseason unfold.
VS 49ERS: Already talked a bit about the 9ers team, as good as they have been the past few years and maintained a good core of players, the change to Trey Lance will dictate their early season faith against the Bears, this alone really gives the Bears a wild card shot of winning this one if Lance struggles and the Bears offense clicks early. Positive thinking would make me pick the Bears to upset the 9ers while Lance still grasps the burdens of being a starting NFL QB, so I am going with the Bears because why not be positive? this Bears team feels so much better than last years group and that team was totally lost.
Probable outcome: WIN
@GREEN BAY: Yeah the Packers are still looking really good, the defense looks solid and that combined with Rodgers is always good news for Packers fans. At Lambeau this early in the season I wouldn't bet on the Bears to surprise anybody on this one.
Probable outcome: LOSS
VS TEXANS: The Bears get a visit from their old coach Lovie Smith. The Texans have some good players on their team and could compete with anyone but, similar to this Bears team, they still have to gel together. QB Davis Mills showed to be decent las year and that was with very little talent around him, the Oline looks a little better but still the WR group looks thin, and this is comparing it to the Bears group, on defense there is talent and will depend on how well Lovie and the coaching staff prepare them. I believe the Bears will take care of this one at home.
Probable outcome: WIN
@NY GIANTS: The Gants are in rebuild mode as much as the Bears are, they have made some good moves and acquired some star power at this years draft bolstering the O and D lines, they got some weapons on offense and a decent Oline, still their secondary could need some help but most importantly I am still not a believer in Daniel Jones.
Probable outcome: WIN
@MINNESOTA: The Vikings have a solid offense led by disgruntled Kirk Cousins who is good but not great, Dalvin Cook can handle the rest with ease. Their defense is kind of old but in a good way I guess, still they got some rookies low on the depth chart that I believe they should be starting and maybe by this date they just might. The advantage goes to them at home while the Bears would have to play a very good game adding some mistakes going they way, but luck isn't calculated here.
Probable outcome: LOSS
VS COMMANDERS: The Commanders have good talent on their roster on both sides of the ball, only thing that would and probably will hold them back is their QB Carson Wentz. If they managed to take care of the 49ers then the Bears should have a legit shot of winning this one as well.
Probable outcome: WIN
@NEW ENGLAND: I envision the Patriots being efficient and boring controlling the clock with short gains and first downs, that was Mac Jones type of game las year and with an average looking group of receivers this might still be the plan. The defense can be good but the question is if the offense can keep up and if they decided who de OC is by now. Time the Bears push the pedal to the metal and take this one with aggressive play from the offense.
Probable outcome: WIN
@DALLAS: The Cowboys aren't who they think they are, the offense can still be effective with Dak Prescott and their trio of receivers, they haven't accepted that Tony Pollard should get the nod ahead of Ezekiel Elliot. The defense is the big question mark which looks a bit suspect at their secondary, this is Fields chance to shine in the big stage.
Probable outcome: WIN
VS DOLPHINS: This is a Dolphin team with a bunch of talent mostly on offense, explosive route runners Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle can run circles around anyone, even with Tua Tagovailoa at the helm, there is a lot of offense to try and stop with this team and the defense is no slouch with Xavier Howard leading the charge. Home advantage may be good for the Bears but it might be a bit to much to handle .
Probable outcome: LOSS
VS LIONS: The Lions are no joke this year, they have loaded up in time and now have a really nice group of players, still they are led by QB Jared Goff but the Bears have to get to him first which wont be easy. At this stage of the season both team will have gelled enough and just maybe the Bears can get the best of the Lions one more time at home.
Probable outcome: WIN
@ATLANTA: The Falcons are my candidate for first pick in the draft this year, their schedule is brutal and the team is too lite, they have some freak WR in rookie Drake London, TE Kyle Pitts and swiss army knife Cordarrelle Patterson but their Oline seems fragile to effectively protect their veteran QB, add to that their depleted defense. Fields should manage to enjoy a welcome back victory.
Probable outcome: WIN
@NY JETS: The Jets have the team to take them deep to the playoffs but I don't think it will be managed correctly, Zach Wilson should be back from injury by this time but he is still in project mode, can he make his team as good as it looks in paper? He just might make it on this game.
Probable outcome: LOSS
VS PACKERS: Nope not yet. These next games will be brutal for the Bears.
Probable outcome: LOSS
VS EAGLES: The Eagles very quietly built a beast of a team, only thing keeping them from being considered the team to beat is how good will Jalen Hurst be? He has the Oline to be as good as he can be and some good receivers in big target A.J. Brown and expert route runner DeVonta Smith, add a very good running group with Miles Sanders and all around weapon Kenneth Gainwell, Hurts doesn't need to do much with this group surrounding him. And there's the defense, I mean damn, Fletcher Cox AND Jordan Davis? are they trying to blot out the sun? That and an envious revamped secondary, good look getting the ball away in less than 3 second, an idea, run!
Probable outcome: LOSS
VS BILLS: Another team that is just to far up the ladder for the Bears and it even got better at defense with Von Miller, how is that fair?
Probable outcome: LOSS
@DETROIT: If the Lions have found the way to win games by now, the Bears are in trouble.
Probable outcome: LOSS
VS VIKINGS: This will not be an easy match but the Bears might be on the mix for a playoff spot, this is where the Bears have to make it all work and if they made it to this point I can believe they have enough to make it happen.
Probable outcome: WIN
With this exercise I got the Bears finishing the season with a 9-8 mark and in limbo of making the playoffs. I took the positive route as I said but honestly I am afraid how good the Lions can be this year, I could honestly see them sweeping the Bears, a slip up against the 49ers, Commanders, Patriots and Vikings and the Bears could easily finish 4-13 or surprise the world and end up second in the division with a 13-4 record, this Bears team is THAT level of unpredictable right now and that's OK, because one thing I am looking forward to is seeing them compete and taking a close look at this Bears young core of players grow.
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