Chicago Bears — 2026 season outlook, updated Aug 31, 2026.
Chicago Bears finished the 2025 season 11-6 · NFC North champion, #2 seed.
Chicago Bears: 11-6 regular season.
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2025 · NFC North champion, #2 seed
Where they rank — 2025
2026 schedule
- Bye week 10 — see all 2026 byes.
- 12th-hardest schedule — opponents average 8.62 projected wins.
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Bears Camp — Aug 31: Gordon Out at Least Four Games
Kyler Gordon stayed on the physically-unable-to-perform list at Sunday's cutdown — out at least the first four games — and the same day the Bears traded Gervon Dexter Sr. to the Falcons for cornerback Clark Phillips III. Both tackles who lost the August battle are gone, Tyson Bagent went 16-of-17 in a 24-15 finale win, and Jaylon Johnson's right arm is the new Week 1 question.
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- Camp · Aug 23, 2026
Bears Camp — Aug 23: Williams Can't Shake Cincinnati's Rush
Cincinnati's pass rush owned the Bears' week — Caleb Williams closed Thursday's joint practice with consecutive sacks and an interception, then the starters opened Saturday's 27-9 loss with 28 passing yards and a stalled drive. Braxton Jones took the left tackle job back by simply returning, Kyle Monangai's knee is week-to-week, and the Kyler Gordon question now points straight at cut day.
- Camp · Aug 16, 2026
Chicago Bears Camp Update — August 16: Burden Is Out for the Preseason, Not the Opener
The Burden diagnosis landed Monday — groin, done for the preseason, expected for the opener — and Ben Johnson says his concern level is "none." The Bears then beat Cleveland 34-10 with the starters watching, while the depth chart added a safety to surgery and left tackle stayed an open question.
- Camp · Aug 9, 2026
Chicago Bears Camp Update — August 9: Luther Burden Limped Off and Didn't Return
The second-year receiver the passing game is being built around left Saturday's practice favoring his groin — the third time in a week camp has bruised him. Caleb Williams is getting sharper by the day, and the depth underneath both of them is exactly as thin as July said the regression tax would find.
- 2026 Preview
Chicago Bears 2026 Season Preview — Priced Like a Fluke
The market has the reigning NFC North champion third in its own division — our regression flags are real, but a division winner with the league's best offense-adjacent floor and both play-callers back isn't a fluke, it's a good team due a tax.
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