One of the most memorable regular seasons in Chicago Bears history comes to an end today when the Bears host the Detroit Lions. A Bears win gives Chicago the two seed, but a loss coupled with a win by the Philadelphia Eagles means the Eagles are two and the Bears drop to the three seed.

Both the Bears and Eagles kick off at the same time, so let the scoreboard watching commence!

This will be your open thread to talk about the game. Keep in mind that all our open threads are rated WCG-MA. Also, this is a division game,...

With the final 2025 NFL season standings official(ish), we now know which teams the Chicago Bears will play in 2026 and where those games will be held.

Besides the home-and-away games against their division rivals, the league’s rotating schedule means the Bears will play the NFC South and the AFC East in 2026. Chicago’s first-place portion of their schedule means they also get the first-place finisher in the NFC East, the NFC West, and the AFC South.

Chicago Bears 2026 opponents

Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New England Patriots, New York...

The Chicago Bears (11-5) are back home at Soldier Field to take on the Detroit Lions (8-8), and each team has just announced their inactive players list for the game.

CHICAGO BEARS INACTIVES

QB – Case Keenum (3rd QB)

DE – Joe Tryon-Shoyinka

WR – Rome Odunze

CB – Nick McCloud

OL – Ozzy Trapillo

LB – Ruben Hyppolite II

In case you missed it, yesterday, the Bears elevated tight end Nikola Kalinic and linebacker Ty Summers from the practice squad for today’s game.

Odunze did get a limited practice in on Friday, so he could be ramping up for...

Good afternoon, folks. The end of the regular season is upon us.

The best part right now is we’re talking about a team solidly in the playoffs, only playing for positioning within the top four seeds as the NFC North division champions, and not a team that is playing for draft position or merely to play spoiler.

Today’s game features the NFC North Champion Chicago Bears against a team that absolutely demolished them all the way back in Week 2 in the Detroit Lions. Back then we thought the Lions were cruising to a division crown and top seeding and...

There’s something fitting about the fact that Tom Brady has spent so much time watching and talking to Caleb Williams this season as the second-year quarterback leads the Chicago Bears’ epic NFC North-winning turnaround.

It’s not just because Williams has always idolized Brady, shooting for the stars and hoping to land in the same universe as the man collectively called the “GOAT.”

It’s because the more I watch Williams play, I find myself thinking of Brady. Not what Brady finished his career as, but how he began it.

True, Brady was the 199th overall pick in his draft, not the...

Hello, Chicago Bears fans! Well, after the thrilling game against the Niners that, unfortunately, ended in disappointment, the 1st overall seed and bye in the first round of the NFL playoffs is off the table for the Beloved. However, there is still something to play for, as a win against the Detroit Lions (or an Eagles loss) will secure the #2 seed for the Bears, ensuring a home playoff game against the Green Bay Packers next week. While the Eagles are expected to sit their key starters, including their starting QB, Jaylen Hurts, there has been no indication to date...

The NFL season is an evolving state of affairs, and the final week of the 2025 season finds your Chicago Bears firmly atop the NFC North and locked in to the #2 seed in the NFC with a win. This week, Chicago hosts the defending NFC North champion Detroit Lions in a rematch of their week 2 battle in Detroit when the Lions won 52-21. The worst loss of the season by far for the Bears and one that former Lions Offensive Coordinator and current Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson would like to amend for more reasons than one.

In...

One more week to go this season, and the top seed in each conference is still in play, and there are two games with a division title on the line.

The following AFC teams have clinched a playoff spot: Denver Broncos (13-3) – AFC West Champs, New England Patriots (13-3) – AFC East Chamops, Jacksonville Jaguars (12-4), Buffalo Bills (11-5), Houston Texans (11-5), and the Los Angeles Chargers (11-5).

Here are the teams in the NFC who have clinched: Seattle Seahawks (13-3), San Francisco 49ers (12-4), Chicago Bears (11-5) – NFC North Champs, Philadelphia Eagles (11-5) – NFC East Champs,...

Chicago Bears assistant general manager Ian Cunningham has been up for a general manager job a few times the last couple of years, but this offseason feels like it’ll finally happen for him.

There may only be a few general manager jobs open, but Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer lists Cunningham first on his annual Future GMs List, for front office personnel who could be in line to be a first-time GM.

Here’s what Breer wrote about Cunningham in his “On the doorstep” category.

Cunningham’s pedigree, having worked under Ozzie Newsome in Baltimore then Howie Roseman in Philly, is tough...

On her latest Making Monsters podcast, Taylor Doll is joined by Jeremy Reisman, who is on the Detroit Lions beat for SB Nation’s Pride Of Detroit, to help preview the week 18 matchup between the Lions and our Chicago Bears.

Taylor and Jeremy chat about the paths of both teams this year, the Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams relationship, what it means for Caleb to hit 4,000 passing yards, and other storylines from this season.

Jeremy also discusses Detroit’s lack of identity on defense.

“For the past few years, it’s been the run defense. They’ve been a really good run...

Note: We have a special edition this week! Since Week 18 is a fairly new things I’ve expanded our dive back into history to include games that took place around the same date as our Week 18 game will take place this year, as well as including some Week 17 games. Enjoy!

1.) 2001 Bears @ Jaguars: Defense dominates, Keith Traylor rumbles in regular season finale

The 2001 season had a lot of watershed moments, but maybe one of the more memorable moments came in the regular season finale when the 12-3 Bears hit the road to end the...

After a week’s hiatus for the holidays, the Reacts results have returned, and Chicago Bears fans are still overwhelmingly confident the franchise is headed in the right direction. Following the December 20 win over the Green Bay Packers, our results hit a season high 98%, and last week’s loss in San Francisco barely dented our faith, as it fell to just 97%.

When the Bears were (0-2), our fans’ confidence in the franchise was a season low 23%, but it has been over 92% each week since the Bears beat the Cincinnati Bengals.

Here’s how our confidence results were each...