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Chicago Bears @ Carolina Panthers: Week 1 Players to Watch
The NFL season is always evolving. Week 1 offers more unknowns than any other, especially when considering new players, coaches and schemes. In this weekly series, I’ll feature one player from the Chicago Bears opponent on each side of the ball who I think is integral to their team’s success. Like seasons past, you won’t […]
Bears Looking to Turn Offseason Work Into Results in Week 1
As the Chicago Bears head into Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season, the anticipation is finally giving way to football. With the Bears set to open their season Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, head coach Ben Johnson met with the media Friday before the regular-season opener. With kickoff just days away, Johnson reflected on […]
Bears Discussion: Panthers previews, NFL Draft EDGE prospects, DFS, and more
Chicago Bears football is right around the corner! Jacob White and PFN’s Jacob Infante break down the Bears’ upcoming season opener against the Carolina Panthers in the second episode of Bears for Breakfast. Do the Bears start off the 2026-27 regular season with a 1-0 record? What are the key matchups to look out for […]
Chicago Bears vs Carolina Panthers Preview: Bears need to slow Chuba Hubbard
On her latest Making Monsters podcast, Taylor Doll previews the Week 1 matchup between the Chicago Bears and the Carolina Panthers with two individuals who know these teams inside and out. First, she gets the skinny on Carolina by chatting with Alex Zietlow, who covers the Panthers for the Charlotte Observer. They break down the […]
Bears-Panthers: Keys to a Chicago victory
The Chicago Bears start their 2026 campaign with a trip to Charlotte to take on the Carolina Panthers. Both teams saw surprise playoff berths last season, which included division crowns. Now, the teams face the difficult follow-up act. Regression, one-season wonder, or lucky- these labels are going to stick with them until they can prove […]
2026 NFL QB Rankings
We are bringing back the QB rankings for the 2nd straight season. These will look pretty close to the final rankings from last season because, of course, there hasn’t been any football played since the end of last season. One important note: even though there are four QBs that have played games so far in […]
Bears extend D’Andre Swift to three-year, $33.75 million deal
The Bears have extended running back D’Andre Swift to a three-year deal worth $33.75 million with $27.5 million guaranteed. ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported the news on Friday. With a yearly annual salary of slightly over $11.2 million per year over the course of the deal, Swift will become the No. 14 running back by […]
Bears vs Panthers Final Injury Report: 4 Questionable for Chicago
The Chicago Bears just dropped their first final injury report for the 2026 season in advance of their Week 1 game against the Carolina Panthers, and while not as clean as you’d hope for a season opener, it’s not too bad. The Bears list 4 players as questionable for the game: quarterback Tyson Bagent (back), […]
Bears vs Panthers Q&A: Bryce Young and Caleb Williams go head-to-head
The Chicago Bears head to Charlotte this Sunday to face off against the Carolina Panthers. The Bears are expected to win this game, according to experts and Vegas. But both teams won their respective divisions last year and are looking to repeat that feat this year. We know the Bears well, but we wanted to […]
Drew Brees thinks Bears Caleb Williams is closer to a breakthrough than you think
For all Caleb Williams’ brilliance in his third season with the Chicago Bears, the burgeoning star quarterback can still get that much better as a passer—a frightening prospect for the NFL, if you ask me. In particular, Williams’ 58.1% completion percentage, a year after completing just 62.5% of his passes as a rookie, is due […]
Can the 2026 Bears Measure Up to the Greatest Scoring Offense of All-Time?
With the start of the 2026 NFL season upon us, it’s time to set the stage for a project spanning the entirety of the season. That’s right, folks – I’m back to Benchmark Da Bears once again! Each week, I’ll be taking a look at Chicago’s offensive playmakers, tracking their production, and comparing their statistical […]
Chicago Bears News: Chicago Bears traveling to Carolina Panthers for opener Sunday
The Chicago Bears will hit the road to the east coast to take on the Carolina Panthers in the 2026 season opener for both teams. So far the season has seen two interesting opening games, and the rest of the leauge will hit the gridiorn this weekend. As always, keep it right here at Windy […]
Chicago Bears week 1 power rankings roundup
Heading into week one, it’s a good time to look at the first power rankings of the season. The Chicago Bears have real expectations this season. Building on year one of Ben Johnson and a strong year two from Caleb Williams, the Bears face pressure for the first time in years. Sustained success has eluded […]
What Drake Maye’s rough Week 1 reminds us about Caleb Williams and the Bears
Yikes. While I did accurately predict the Patriots would play the Seahawks way more competitively than they did in the Super Bowl, I didn’t have them outright blowing their chance at a tone-setting Week 1 win the way they did. Especially not the way they did it. Because you don’t necessarily expect Drake Maye, the […]
Adam Amin: Ben Johnson uses more tools in his bag than other coaches
The latest Bears Banter Podcast has dropped! The Chicago Bears are facing the Carolina Panthers this weekend, and Adam Amin is going to be on the call for Fox with Drew Brees. Before he calls that game, he stopped by and joined the podcast to talk Bears and broadcasting. He talks about broadcasting the preseason […]
Week 1 Game Preview: Stats, Matchups for Chicago Bears-Carolina Panthers
The season is finally here. All the months of waiting are over, and we finally get to see the Chicago Bears play football. They open the season by traveling down to face the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte. It’s the first of seven teams they face that made the playoffs last season. While Chicago goes in […]
Chicago Bears News: Surprisingly short injury report? Won’t last, of course
Chicago Bears fans are the ultimate fatalists, a good injury report leads us to think “OK, what disaster is about to happen?” Wednesday’s official injury report had just three names on it ahead of this Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers. Rome Odunze was limited with a calf, Ozzy Trapilo was also listed as limited, […]
Chicago Bears Discussion Thread: Getting Ready For Panthers Week 1
Welcome to the latest episode of Bears Over Beers! This week, join our hosts Ryan Droste and Bryan Orenchuk as they catch up once again and get ready for the first Bears game of the regular season! The Bears open the season vs. the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, NC this Sunday. We’re talking all the […]
2026 NFL Season Predictions: Super Bowl LXI
Some of the Windy City Gridiron staff made their picks for several 2026 individual season awards, and we’ll cap the predictions off by picking Super Bowl LXI. We’ve been running through all our picks the last couple of days, and we wrap the series up with our pick for the big game. Click the link […]
Bears vs. Panthers Injury Report: Odunze Listed As Limited
As the Chicago Bears prepare for their first regular season game of the year against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, the first official team injury reports for week 1 have been released. The Bears did not practice on Wednesday, so player participation listed on the injury report is an estimation. Just one player was listed […]
UPDATE: The Chicago Bears have a full 16-man practice squad
The Chicago Bears have a 16-man practice squad, but the list will be fluid, and we’ll update it throughout the year. UPDATE (9/9): The Bears have signed safety Keidron Smith, who has played in 12 games over the last 2 years with the Broncos and Jets. Here are the qualifications for practice squad eligibility and […]
Can the Bears stop Carolina’s Tetairoa McMillan when he’s lined up in the slot?
The Chicago Bears kick off a highly anticipated 2026 season on Sunday, and they are matched up against a team that may have helped catapult them to that realm of anticipation. I am of course referring to the historic trade that netted the Bears Caleb Williams, DJ Moore, Darnell Wright, and others while giving the […]
10 Thoughts on the NFL as the season starts tonight!
Who said we had to wait until Week 1 was over to fire one of these up? We have Wednesday Night Football tonight (for some reason that escapes me)! So let’s talk about it, and what we can look forward to in the first week of the 2026 season. That way, if I’m wrong about […]
Chicago Bears News: Braxton Jones to start, Rome Odunze to play?
Braxton Jones is in as the Bears starting left tackle at least at the beginning of the 2026 season as the team awaits the full return of Ozzy Trapilo. We have a report of Kyler Gordon “progressing” away from the Bears facility, and Rome Odunze still “day to day” but trending towards starting. Share your […]
2026 Chicago Bears Season Preview: The Hunter is now the Hunted
For every professional sports team, the end goal is always the same: Win a championship. Although that didn’t happen for the Chicago Bears in 2025, last season was easy to call a dream come true in many ways. Time flies, and sometimes it’s easy to forget the past. For most fans, 2024 was a season […]
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