Hours ago, the NFL officially released the Chicago Bears’ 2020 schedule. Here are four quick thoughts and observations.
The race towards the 16-0 season can officially begin. Just moments ago, the NFL officially released the Chicago Bears’ full 16-game schedule, beginning with a Sept. 13th matchup in Detroit.
670 The Score co-host Danny Parkins did some heavy lifting, providing us with a few marquee matchups ahead of the official schedule release, but the full schedule is here as follows:
- — Week 1: at Lions (9/13, 12:00pm)
- — Week 2: vs. Giants (9/20, 12:00pm)
- — Week 3: at Falcons (9/27, 12:00pm)
- — Week 4: vs. Colts (10/4, 12:00pm)
- — Week 5: vs. Buccaneers (10/8, 7:20, TNF)
- — Week 6: at Panthers (10/18, 12:00pm)
- — Week 7: at Rams (10/26, 7:15pm, MNF)
- — Week 8: vs. Saints (11/1, 3:25pm)
- — Week 9: at Titans (11/8, 12:00pm)
- — Week 10: vs. Vikings (11/16, 7:15pm, MNF)
- — Week 11: Bye Week
- — Week 12: at Packers (11/29, 7:20pm, NBC)
- — Week 13: vs. Lions (12/6, 12:00pm)
- — Week 14: vs. Texans (12/13, 12:00pm)
- — Week 15: at Vikings (12/20, 12:00pm)
- — Week 16: at Jaguars (12/27, 12:00pm)
- — Week 17: vs. Packers (1/3, 12:00pm)
As a whole, the Bears are playing the 13th most difficult schedule — teams that had a combined record of 129-125-2 in 2019. That’s somewhat inspiring, considering two teams in the NFC North — the Lions and Vikings — play the sixth and 10th most difficult schedule respectively.
Because of the parity within the NFC North and the conference as a whole, it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary to see the Bears having some real success this season. Much more successful than you’d expect from a team that experts are ranking No. 31 out of 32 teams this year. For instance, Vegas projects just a few 10-win teams this season, and out of 16 games, the Bears only play one of them in New Orleans.
But, these are just a few of the minor thoughts to take away from the official schedule release. Here are four additional things worth thinking about.