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ESPN’s NFL Insider shared his theory for why Chicago could be kicking off the new season with the defending champs
Well, the NFL season officially concluded following an extremely one-sided Super Bowl that saw the Philadelphia Eagles stomp out any hope the Kansas City Chiefs had at selling “3-peat” merch. Naturally, all attention has turned to the 2025 season, where many of us Bears fans have already been looking toward for quite some time. A natural question might be, “Who will be the two teams competing in the first game of the 2025 regular season?” The answer to the first half of that question was decided this past weekend as the Eagles will host the NFL’s kickoff game as the league’s defending champions, leaving only their opponent still unknown.
ESPN’s Senior NFL Insider, Adam Schefter, took to theorizing about the possibilities based on the Eagles’ 2025 home opponents on his recent podcast episode and explained why the Chicago Bears may well be the team that lines up opposite the champs:
The Bears have a lot of ground to make up before anyone could confidently say a matchup with Philly would be a competitive one. However, getting the chance to see the Ben Johnson-led Bears play on the national stage a few days earlier than expected would be a nice treat. At any rate, we’ll have to wait and see how the schedule shakes out before that’s a reality. But just in case you’re the planning type, maybe keep Thursday, September 4th, free just in case.
