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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015
bears season preview Week One Bears vs. Green Bay Packers
Week Two Bears vs. Arizona Cardinals
For the sixth straight season, the Bears are opening their season at home. Unfortunately, it will be Aaron Rodgers and the Packers on Sept. 13. Rodgers is 4-0 in his last four trips to Soldier Field. In just those four games he’s compiled almost a 70 percent completion percentage, 1,208 yards and 12 touchdown passes.
One-time Bears head coach interviewee Bruce Arians brings his dangerous Cardinals team to Chihaven’t played since 2012, but new Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio has spent the last four seasons in the same division as Arians. Fangio’s 49ers won six of eight of those games.
Bears at Seattle Seahawks
Week Four Bears vs. Oakland Raiders
since the start of the 2012 season.
teams that were equally dysfunc-
NFC Champions and acquired in football, Jimmy Graham, in the
collection of young talent including quarterback Derek Carr. If the
Seattle will likely be out for blood early in the season.
stretch of winnable games.
Week Seven BYE
Week Five Bears at Kansas City Chiefs
Week Six Bears at Detroit Lions
Fox had an impressive 7-1 record against the Chiefs during his time as Broncos coach. Last time these two teams met, in 2011, Kansas City beat the Bears 10-3 in a game that featured the quarterback matchup of Caleb Hanie and Tyler Palko.
killed Ndamukong Suh, but they still have Calvin Johnson and one es in the league. Johnson had 11 catches, 146 yards and two touch-
Week Ten Bears at St. Louis Rams
Week Eleven Bears vs. Denver Broncos
past four games against the Bears.
Rumors have been increasing regarding the team’s potential move to Adam Gase are probably the best Los Angeles, though nothing is im- two coaches to gameplan against Broncos’ quarterback Peyton 42-21 in 2013 in a physical, chippy Manning as they’ve spent the past game that saw multiple skirmishes. few seasons together. Manning hasn’t played at Soldier Field since runningback Benny Cunningham 2004 with the Indianapolis Colts. run for 109 yards on 13 carries He led Indianapolis to a 41-10 against a depleted Chicago defense. beatdown of the hometown Bears.
Week Fourteen Bears vs. Washington Redskins of the Year, and then completely imploded. If his implosion continues, the Redskins will be a disaster and backup Kirk Cousins may be starting against the Bears. Cutler has rocky past against Washington and cornerback D’Angelo Hall. He threw four interceptions to Hall in the 2010 matchup.
Bears at Minnesota Vikings the Metrodome since 1981, the Vikings went 5-3 last season playing their home games at the Unibe the last season they do so, as their new stadium is set to open could play a role in this key divisional late-season game.
Week Eight Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings
Week Nine Bears at San Diego Chargers Last time Jay Cutler played the Chargers he had one of the best games of his Bears career. He also
Young quarterback Teddy Bridgewater showed signs of improvement last season, but he has limited weapons on the outside to played in San Diego since LaDainiwork with. Minnesota hasn’t won an Tomlinson was a Charger -- that game, in 2007, ended with a score at Soldier Field since 2001. of 14-3 and a Bears loss.
Week Twelve Bears at Green Bay Packers
55 points to the Rodgers-led Packers last time they played in Green Bay. Packers’ legend Brett Favre will also have his jersey retired that night. It should be a ruckus crowd for the last Bears/Packers game of 2015.
Bears vs. San Francisco 49ers season has not been kind to them, Patrick Willis, Justin Smith, Frank Gore, Michael Crabtree and Chris their consecutive streak of three NFC Championship appearances.
Week Sixteen Bears at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week Seventeen Bears vs. Detroit Lions
non-divisional schedule against former coach Lovie Smith and the Bucs. His defense is loaded with former Chicago players including defensive tackle Henry Melton, safeties Chris Conte and Major Wright and cornerback Isaiah Frey.
rivalry’s Chicago version last season. Jimmy Clausen who led the Bears to just 234 yards of total son had another 100+ yard game against the Bears in that game.