The regular season is upon us with games starting on Wednesday. So we get a few games before the Bears play. Hoping for good news later in the week on the injury front.

The Bears need to handle business this weekend. CAR has no business being in this game. Last year they failed to score 20 pts in 10 out of 17 games. 6 out of 8 wins were by 3 pts, and 6 of 9 losses were by 10 or more. They were either getting beat bad or barely winning. That is a recipe for disaster. If the Division wasn't so bad, they would've been a 5-6 win team.

Even with injuries, I think the Bears win handily 27-16.

Monangai returned today, I was ahead of schedule last time i mentioned it. Feel better having Swift and Monangai over Roschon to get the season rolling

41 minutes ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Monangai returned today, I was ahead of schedule last time. Feel better having Swift and Monangai over Roschon to get the season rolling

Now the question is Odunze.

Let’s go Bears!!! 🐻

2 hours ago, adam said:

Now the question is Odunze.

I think he will be there, but not as worried with the WR/TE depth.

Why I think he will be there...he needs to establish himself as a staple in this offense or he can quickly become an afterthought with the talent eager to take his targets.

36 minutes ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

I think he will be there, but not as worried with the WR/TE depth.

Why I think he will be there...he needs to establish himself as a staple in this offense or he can quickly become an afterthought with the talent eager to take his targets.

Very true, with Raymond, Thomas, and Walker plus Loveland, Kmet, and Roush, there are a lot of mouths to feed.

Raymond was buried on the depth chart, but when given the chance, he answered the bell. 80% Catch Rate and +0.54 EPA/Target last year would've been the best on the Bears, right ahead of Burden 78.3% and +0.46 EPA/T. Loveland at 70.7% and +0.55 EPA/T. Compare that to Odunze at 48.9% and +0.15 EPA/T. Moore had a slightly better Catch Rate than Odunze, but the lowest EPA/T out of the starting group 58.8% and +0.10. OZ was 60% and a terrible -0.12 EPA/T.

So if Moore's and OZ's targets go to Burden, Loveland, and Raymond, the efficiency of the offense is going to go thru the roof. Not including Thomas or Roush.

Rome will play because he’s healthy enough to play not because he’s afraid of losing his job. Coaches screwed up last year letting him play through the broken foot injury. We had no depth to speak of and Burden was still working his way back from his injury. Therefore we already know Rome is tough and will play through injury. With the depth we have this year and against Carolina if he needs another week give it to him. The division game against Minn is more important.

I think as far as injures on the offense side of the ball we are in good shape. Defense we will have to see how no Gordon or Bryant will translate the overall performance of the team. I think the DL is in better shape than it looks like on paper going in. LBs will be good but the depth on the DBs will have to step up.

The Panthers were not good at run defense last year so Swift should have a big game.

btw, Bears -2.5 is a great bet.

7 hours ago, adam said:

btw, Bears -2.5 is a great bet.

If I were a betting man I'd take that.

First un-official depth chart released by the Bears. Whatever un-official means there's not much to note here that is surprising.

Cam Lewis is listed as first team NCB. We'll see how long that holds up.

Jonathan Hardy is listed as 2nd team Dline with Kromah on 3rd team. I felt that would be the other way around but maybe they are making Kromah earn it on special teams.

Kentavious Street replaced Dexter and Dayo is still listed as first team.

Only 2 first team LBs listed with Edwards and Bush. Backups are Sanborn and D'Marco Jackson.

Other oddity is that we have 2 First String TEs in Loveland and Kmet.

16 minutes ago, AZ54 said:

If I were a betting man I'd take that.

First un-official depth chart released by the Bears. Whatever un-official means there's not much to note here that is surprising.

Cam Lewis is listed as first team NCB. We'll see how long that holds up.

Jonathan Hardy is listed as 2nd team Dline with Kromah on 3rd team. I felt that would be the other way around but maybe they are making Kromah earn it on special teams.

Kentavious Street replaced Dexter and Dayo is still listed as first team.

Only 2 first team LBs listed with Edwards and Bush. Backups are Sanborn and D'Marco Jackson.

Other oddity is that we have 2 First String TEs in Loveland and Kmet.

Ben said today the players still need to earn the start with a good week of practice. Basically he was asked about the WRs and said they will pencil them in after the week of practice. Then was asked about Braxton and he said the oline is no different, the designation is not official.

Has the team designated Captains?

I read (or heard on a broadcast, not sure which) that the Rams named 11 Team Captains.

I guess they couldn't make up their minds, said, "What the heck?" and elected them all.

21 minutes ago, Pixote said:

Has the team designated Captains?

I read (or heard on a broadcast, not sure which) that the Rams named 11 Team Captains.

I guess they couldn't make up their minds, said, "What the heck?" and elected them all.

Just 5 but I wouldn’t be surprised to see them reward a game day captain as we get into the season

https://bearswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/bears/2026/09/08/chicago-bears-captains-2026-caleb-williams/91650479007/

Really hoping Romes injury is minor and he is able to go out and take a big step forward and be a stud!

The old saying , anyone can beat anyone is true but its not happening this week. We lost our last game and BJ is going to come out on high alert. We started slow last year but that was the first year in the system, not this year. We are going to pound the ball against a bad run defense and scheme the big plays off the play action. The TEs will eat the Panthers alive.

The Panthers has new OTs and C. It will take awhile for them to get up to speed. They have a stud in Derrick Brown but all new LBers. Edge rushes are ranked 28th in the league (ESPN) , the strength will be their DBs but BJ will scheme them out of the plays.

Their running game is ranked 28th and WRs 23rd. This offense will not do well trying to comeback on being down early in the game.

41-19.