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Chicago Bears schedule for the 2018 season appears set. Word began leaking out earlier today. Fans knew who the opponents were. What they wanted to know is when each would be played. It could determine whether or not they're able to start or finish the season strong. Two issues that have bedeviled the team for years. You know, aside from their personnel and coaching problems.
Jokes aside, it seems there is clarity at last. Per usual for this team it looks like the beginning and end of the schedule are both daunting. September includes back-to-back primetime games against the Packers and Seahawks. Not to mention a rematch with Tampa Bay in Week 4, a team that has blown them out each of the past two years.
Yet the home stretch may be even more merciless. Starting in Week 14 they'll go against the surging Los Angeles Rams who went 10-6 last year and have since vastly improved their roster. Then it's a rematch with the Packers before another rematch with the 49ers, both of whom beat them at Soldier Field last year. Last but not least is the Minnesota Vikings in the season finale.
Chicago Bears schedule not playing favorites this year
It's important to remember that schedules are deceptive things. What might seem daunting in April can become a cruise by November and December. The Bears experienced the reverse of this last year. Most expected them to have one of the easiest slates in the league and instead a good majority of the teams they played went to the playoffs.
Matt Nagy won't have any training wheels this year. If he wants to win he'll have to go through some of the best teams and quarterbacks in the NFL to do it. That may not seem fair, but that's the business. Play the hand you're dealt. If Chicago wants to prove they're winners, then they have to beat teams that know how to win.
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