Looking at the 2026 season, there is so much young talent on this Chicago Bears roster that feels like a lot of them could be first time Pro Bowlers.
It's a credit to Bears general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Ben Johnson for the work they have put into building the team they have. Over the last four drafts, the Bears have added great talent like Darnell Wright, Caleb Williams, Rome Odunze, Colston Loveland, Luther Burden III, Ozzy Trapilo, Kyle Monangai, and Dillon Thieneman.
Those are not slouch players either. These are game-changing players who can come in and help this franchise win a Super Bowl this season. Two of them, though, are believed to be the number one contenders to make their first Pro Bowl ever.
Caleb Williams and Colston Loveland could be celebrating their first Pro Bowls together
Sports Illustrated writer Conor Orr named eight players who could be in line to make their first Pro Bowl in 2026. He has listed Loveland and Williams as the choices.
"Loveland is sort of a hyperextension of Sean McVay’s and Kyle Shanahan’s quest to create the perfectly amoebic offense that plays like several different personnel groupings. We saw him capably catching passes out wide last year and even out of the backfield as a fullback (it wasn’t just Tyler Warren). Loveland impressed me the most, though, when watching his second-nature reaction to moments when Caleb Williams was scrambling or turning his back to the field. Loveland knew exactly where and when to break and caught a healthy number of additional balls simply due to his developing relationship with Williams."
"Williams is now expected to have the season this year that Jayden Daniels was expected to have a year ago, which creates both perilous expectations and relentless hype. The difference, I think, is that Williams’s sack avoidance will remain an elite trait for at least another few seasons of his peak athleticism, which will allow him to buy time and capture more chunk-downfield plays. The Bears were already elite at this, ranking fifth in the league in explosiveness, with an offense that will only grow. It’s fair to point out that Chicago’s performance against elite opponents last season left some question marks on the table, though we should have an indication as to how this prediction is going after Week 3. Williams will face Ejiro Evero, Brian Flores and Vic Fangio in consecutive weeks—in my opinion, three of the top seven defensive coordinators in the NFL."
Loveland is eventually going to be a top-five tight end in this league, with more time needed to prove himself. Last season, he finished with 713 yards and six touchdowns, both of which the Bears.
Williams is on another level, though, as he could be elite by the end of the year. He broke a franchise record for passing yards in a season and led the most comebacks and game-winning drives in NFL history last season, so he's easily become a top-10 quarterback in the NFL entering 2026.
The chemistry between Williams and Loveland is undeniable, which is odd since Williams has been known for spreading the ball around in his first two NFL seasons. In the last four games of the regular season and playoffs combined, Williams targeted Loveland 10 times in each of those games.
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These two are going to be among the best at their positions soon enough, and neither is over the age of 25. For the NFL, that has to be an incredibly scary thought to know that Williams and Loveland are only going to get better in 2026.
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