After the heartbreaking way the 2018 season ended in the playoffs and the disappointing manner in which their 2019 season unfolded, it can be easy to lose sight of how much the ' outlook has actually improved over the past two seasons. Under Matt Nagy, the Bears have gone 20-12.
Saben Lee Jersey They haven't posted a two-season run like that since the mid-2000s. Sure, it's a low bar to clear considering just how bad the Bears have been over the past two decades, but Nagy has improved the Bears. That much is undeniable. But after an 8-8 season that fell short of expectations, the Bears are heading into a pivotal 2020 season that could make or break the Nagy era. A return to the playoffs with either or the newly acquired would validate Nagy's tenure -- not to mention, some of the Another season that ends without a playoff berth could mark the beginning of the end of what was once a promising era. A disastrous season could mark the end of the era altogether. That's what's at stake for the Bears in 2020. With all that in mind, we decided now -- during the annual dead period in the calendar -- would be a good time to take a look at the Bears schedule by making way-too-early weekly predictions. Below, you'll find predictions for all 16 of the Bears' games. But first, a few notes about the predictions: By the end of it all, the Bears went 9-7 thanks to a late-season surge and a huge win over the in Week 17. Whether nine wins would be good enough for the Bears to make the playoffs is unknown.The Bears go 4-4 on the road and 5-3 at home.The Bears' point differential? Plus-32. An improvement after going 8-8 with a minus-18 point differential in 2019, but also a far cry from their 2018 season that saw them go 12-4 with a plus-138 point differential.The Bears average only 19 points per game after averaging 17.5 points per game last year. They allow only 17 points per game after allowing 18.6 a year ago
Allen Iverso Jersey . So basically, we're projecting marginal improvement on both offense and defense.Nick Foles starts all 16 games, although his inconsistencies lead to multiple quarterback controversies over the course of the season.Onto all 16 predictions. All odds and over/unders via William Hill Sports BookWeek 1 at Line:Lions -1.5 Opponent win total: O/U 6.5 Prediction:The Lions have the better quarterback, regardle s of who ends up winning the Bears' starting quarterback job, but the Bears have the far better team from top to bottom. Since Matt Nagy took over, the Bears have gone 8-0 against NFC North teams not named the Green Bay Packers. Here, the Bears improve to 5-0 against the Lions under Nagy in a low-scoring game that sees their defense show glimpses of their 2018 form. , , and get after , who throws a couple of interceptions that sets up the Bears' work-in-progre s offense with advantageous field position, leading to easy points. The end result is a 17-14 win for the Bears as their season gets off to a great, if not slightly boring, start. For what it's worth, it's Nick Foles who ends up winning the starting job heading into Week 1. Projected record: 1-0 Week 2 vs. Line:Bears -5.5 Opponent win total:O/U 6.5 Prediction: has a fumbling problem. In his rookie season, he fumbled 18 times in a 13-game season -- and in one of those games, he only saw the field for one drive ... which ended in a fumble. That
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Khyri Thomas Jersey on the verge of already unraveling after a 21-13 lo s. Projected record:2-2 Week 5 vs. Buccaneers Opponent win total:O/U 9.5 Prediction:Mismatched on both sides of the ball, the Bears hang tough for a half, but eventually fail to keep up with the Buccaneers, losing 24-10. Once again, the defense keeps the Bears in the game for as long as po sible, but it's the offense that sinks the team, succumbing to a Buccaneers' defense that . The quarterback debate rages on, as Foles struggles again. Projected record:2-3 Week 6 at Opponent win total:O/U 5.5 Prediction:Knowing Foles gets a layup in Week 6, Nagy sticks with his quarterback and gets rewarded with the first real offensive outburst of the season against a Panthers team that is undergoing a major reboot. With three touchdown pa ses from Foles, the Bears get back to .500, winning 27-10 in Carolina. Projected record:3-3 Week 7 at Opponent win total:O/U 8.5 Prediction:If there's one thing we know about the Bears and Rams, it's that they like to play ugly, low-scoring games against each other. In Chicago in 2018, the Bears won a 15-6 contest that saw Mitchell Trubisky and combine to throw seven interceptions. In Los Angeles last season, the Rams won 17-7 in a game that saw both quarterbacks finish with pa ser ratings under 70.0. The combined score of their past two matchups? 23-22 in favor of the Rams. The theme continues in 2020, swapping out Trubisky for Foles, as theRams will themselves to an ugly 13-10 win that comes down to a mi sed field goal by the Bears in the final seconds. Projected record:3-4 Week 8 vs. Opponent win total:O/U 10.5 Prediction:Much like their lo s
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