Chicago Bears’ Schedule 2024-2025: Dates, Times, TV Channels, Strength of Schedule, and More

The Chicago Bears have new hope after selecting Caleb Williams No. 1 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft and adding several other intriguing pieces around the quarterback.

Chicago has struggled to find success in recent years, with just one winning season in the last decade, but the Bears are aiming for a turnaround in 2024.

Let’s take a look at the Bears’ schedule for the 2024 NFL season, where their strength of schedule (SOS) ranks, our record prediction, and preview their biggest matchups.

Chicago Bears’ Schedule and Opponents

The complete 2024 NFL schedule was released on May 15 at 8 p.m. ET, and we have it in the table below (which is best viewed in landscape mode).

Bears’ Strength of Schedule

Chicago heads into 2024 with what looks like a potentially favorable schedule in pursuit of a resurgent season and their first playoff berth since 2020.

The Bears’ slate of opponents comes in at the sixth-easiest strength of schedule in the NFL, according to PFN’s in-house rankings.

Like they do every season, the Bears will face their NFC North rivals a combined six times, but the division is as strong as ever.

The Lions and Packers are two returning playoff teams that look poised for more success in 2024, and the Vikings can’t be dismissed either, despite coming off a disappointing 2023 season.

Still, the Bears’ schedule includes only five teams that made the postseason in 2023 and seven total games against those squads, which could be a boon to their chances of an upswing.

Bears Record Prediction: 9-8

Chicago’s 2024 win total is set at 8.5 at DraftKings Sportsbook, which hints at the aforementioned positive signs surrounding the franchise with the addition of Williams and some other key pieces offensively.

Surpassing the eight-win mark would be no small feat for the Bears, however, after winning eight or fewer games in each of the last five seasons. Chicago last exceeded the threshold in 2018 when it went 12-4 and lost in the Wild Card round. Before that, the Bears last won more than eight games with their 10-6 showing in 2012.

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Adding Williams and wide receivers Keenan Allen and Rome Odunze to the fold alongside DJ Moore provides optimism that the team can be better in 2024.

Even accounting for some potential rookie struggles for Williams and the usual stumbling blocks of the NFL season, Chicago looks well-positioned to at least have a shot at ending its drought of .500 or worse seasons.

Prime-Time Games

• Week 2: Bears at Texans (SNF)
• Week 17: Seahawks at Bears (TNF)

This season, the Bears will have two prime-time games. However, they will also face the Lions on Thanksgiving and play the Jaguars in London as part of the NFL’s international series. Still, all eyes will be on the Bears to see if Williams can live up to the hype.

When Is Chicago On Bye?

The Bears’ bye is in Week 7. They will have two weeks to prepare for their Week 8 matchup against Jayden Daniels and the Commanders.

Biggest Matchups of the Year

All of Chicago’s divisional games will be crucial as always, but there are several other intriguing contests beyond those annual bouts.

Road clashes with the 49ers and Texans are poised to be two of the Bears’ toughest tests of the year. Facing Houston in Week 2 will provide Williams and Co. with an early taste of the level they are hoping to reach in the near future.

A home clash with the Rams could also be key to Chicago’s hopes of going above .500, as Los Angeles is one of the three non-divisional foes on the Bears’ docket that made the playoffs last year.

The entire Bears 2024 schedule is going to be absolute cinema.

Caleb vs Love
Caleb vs Stroud
Caleb vs Stafford
Caleb vs Bryce for the memes
Caleb vs Maye
Caleb vs Richardson
Caleb vs Jayden
Caleb vs Brock
Caleb vs Kyler
Caleb vs Goff

There's not a single boring game in there.

— Brett Kollmann (@BrettKollmann) April 26, 2024

Squaring off with all four AFC South teams could be a boon to Chicago’s success as well depending on how the division shakes out. The Texans were resurgent in 2023, but the Jaguars underwhelmed while both the Colts and Titans could be in for some tough sledding in 2024.

It all makes for what should be one of the Bears’ more exciting campaigns of the last few years.

Check out PFN’s coverage of the NFL schedule release, including the full week-by-week schedule, a breakdown of how the NFL schedule is made, top revenge games of 2024, strength of schedule rankings, our ranking of this year’s international games, and more!