Expert Breaks Down Why Chicago Bears 2020 Schedule Is Unfair

The Chicago Bears 2020 schedule is what it is. They have to win at least 10 games for a reasonable shot at the playoffs. It's the same way every year. There is also no predicting which teams will be good and which will be bad. Parity is so rampant in the league today that there's just no telling which teams will ascend and which will crash and burn. That being said, there is an argument out there that the Bears were served a raw deal in another way.

Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis did a study session on the entire 2020 schedule. He wanted to determined which teams had the most difficult slates based on three primary factors: player rest, coaching prep time, and primetime games. It didn't take long to determine that the NFL didn't do the best job trying to balance things out for some teams. The Bears being one of them.

They ranked a dismal 30th on the Inequality Index with things looking particularly back on the rest and coaching prep fronts. If that weren't bad enough, the reigning NFC North champion Packers enjoyed a comfy spot in 8th place.

Chicago Bears 2020 schedule gets tough after September

Things start out pretty favorable for the Bears. Their first game is a short plane ride to Detroit before returning home against the Giants. Their first month of the season are all noon games with short plane rides on the road or at home. It's not until October where things get difficult.

It starts with a quick turnaround for Thursday Night Football at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Then they have to travel to the east coach to play Carolina before jumping all the way across the country for a Monday Night rematch with the Rams in Los Angeles. After that they get a late afternoon home stand against the Saints, travel down to Nashville to face the Titans, and then head into their BYE with another Monday Night clash with the Vikings.

That is a lot of travelling mixed with a lot of time changes. It's not hard to see the Bears will have a tough time keeping some sort of routine through that stretch. Especially while having to battle COVID-19 restrictions on top of it. Nothing ever seems to come easy for this team.