Bears Schedule Announced

People are going to be talking about how hard this Bears schedule is, but it isn't that bad. The first three games, at San Diego, and at home against KC and Dallas, are going to tough, but the Bears still have six games against the NFC North which isn't very good.

Yeah, Green Bay showed improvement last year by finishing 8-8 with the youngest team in the league, but the Packers roster isn't exactly loaded with talent. Minnesota is going to be a joke unless they can get a quarterback (otherwise let the Tavarus Jackson Era begin!), and Detroit should be better but their defense is still a couple years away from letting them compete (even if they do draft Gaines Adams).

A road test at Phili in the middle of the year should be a decent barometer to find out how good this Bears team is really going to be, and weeks 11-13 could be tough as Seattle always plays pretty well at home and facing Denver is never easy. At least the last half of the Bears schedule should allow them to build up some momentum for the postseason. They have New Orleans the last game of the season, but things should be pretty much wrapped up by then (no one else in North should finish better than 7-9), and I'd be surprised if the Saints even made the playoffs this year. Just taking a quick look at the schedule I'm going to say the Bears should win at least 11 or 12 games easy, with or without Lance Briggs.

week 1: @ San Diego
week 2: vs. Kansas City
week 3: vs. Dallas
week 4: @ Detroit
week 5: @ Green Bay
week 6: vs. Minnesota

week 7: @ Philadelphia

week 8:vs. Detroit
week 9: Bye
week 10:@ Oakland
week 11: @ Seattle
week 12: vs. Broncos
week 13: vs. Giants
week 14: @ Washington (Thursday Night)
week 15: @ Minnesota (Monday Night)
week 16: vs. Packers
week 17: vs. Saints