The Bears Schedule Sets Up PERFECTLY For Caleb Williams

Get ready for a jam-packed episode of The Chicago Bears Podcast with Pat The Designer and ESPN Bears Reporter Courtney Cronin, brought to you by the Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana!
In today's show, Pat and Courtney dive headfirst into the big news of the day: the release of the NFL and Bears schedule for the upcoming season. It's a thrilling ride as they break down the key matchups, the distribution of primetime games, and the overall structure of the Bears' 2024 NFL schedule.
Courtney kicks things off by discussing the unique aspects of the Bears' schedule, including the absence of divisional opponents in the early part of the season. They analyze the strategic placement of primetime games and how it reflects the league's confidence in the Bears as a marquee team.
As they dissect the schedule further, Pat and Courtney highlight the contrasting nature of the first and second halves of the season, discussing the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the Bears.
And of course, no schedule breakdown would be complete without some early win-loss predictions! Pat and Courtney offer their insights into how the Bears might fare based on the schedule, setting the stage for an exciting season ahead.
Don't miss out on all the action and analysis as Pat and Courtney navigate the twists and turns of the Bears' 2024 schedule!
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[@346rt]

I really agree… I think the NFL really tried to help the Bears get off the mat.

[@mr.nobody9697]

I got 12-5 with Caleb going for 30 Tds and 4k yards passing. 15 interceptions. Allen and Moore get over 1k yards receiving, Odunze gets over 700 and Swift hits 1,200 yards rushing. Kmet gets his 600 yards.

[@kennyandrews5064]

Yep

[@kennyandrews5064]

Everette tosses in about 450 yards and 4 tds as well

[@officialSTR1FE]

12 wins. We got the qb, and the roster. We Up Bear Don This our time.

[@peggymartinez-hg9lm]

stop it! they gonna start slow they have to gel

[@milehighboost5521]

I literally just brought up this issue with cable cutting as well. Crazy how expensive all the services got and we almost get less than before. Knew this would eventually happen but not this quickly.

[@echong1203]

Love your analysis Courtney! You and herb are my 2 favorite bears beat reporters and how balanced you are in your analysis. I can never tell your bias and I appreciate that. FYI Amon ra was paid before Jared Goff (right before the draft).

[@TM-ui8be]

Court is just Toooooodamnnnnfineeeee. Yes all one word🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥

[@DavidPaschal]

Now, those frames look much better than the white glasses Pat.

[@birdman24k10]

Courtney is a media savant! Nobody i’d rather have cover my favorite team DA BEARSSS!!

[@MichaelJohnson-qe3is]

Courtney is great! 😊

[@Hugh_Jasol]

That's the Hood Mona Lisa

[@PopeKurt]

It’s a pirates life for me 🏴‍☠️

[@LEVELEN1]

I’m moving back to the USA after almost a decade abroad. NFL ticket was fine. But now, w/ all these streaming svcs, and not living in Chicago, I’m so damn confused.

[@lanceevans5542]

Pat you don't look like TJ Edwards except that one little cameo where he looks exactly like you 😂

[@paweltylman9831]

Future is bright bears are on the rise caleb will be a stud and our leader rome will be a stud poles will continue to build this team to into better each year i believe fluss will continue to get better as a coach and prove people wrong

[@zulunation3332]

Last year we had around 6 gallons we lost by one score because we couldn't score so now we revamp the offense and this is a 12 win team easy ! SB berth Is our ceiling 💯

[@aldenrandle4403]

They might already have next year schedule done check into that

[@Tinabushong]

I saw CJ Stroud tape, and saw it coming, he just feels the pocket better than Justin, but CJ specifically said he didn't want to come to the bears, that's Justin's team.

[@Sam_1205]

You should prolly go be a top dollar recruit in the NFL because literally no one saw it coming.

[@MusSuk2BU]

​@Sam_1205 Multiple people saw it coming and commented on it, on shows. Ryan Day runs a pro style offense and Justin set records throwing from INSIDE the pocket.

[@MichaelJohnson-qe3is]

Courtney! ❤

[@Syndor1]

Not gonna lie! I'm kinda crushing on Courtney Cronin!

[@johnross4126]

Milf Fever

[@justincoward138]

WOW LAD. I Live here in the UK man. You should know your market. I know more bears fans here than any other team. I would state the bears is the UK team. I know the stadium will be more than a home game for us over any other crap NFL team.

[@paulguillory6147]

Honestly I see a 9-10 wins this year. If are defense can hold teams to about 24pts a game we’re good

[@donn1387]

Boy, if all they get is 9 wins by replacing Justin with Caleb and adding Rome and Keenan plus a whole season of Montez, this is a massive failure for two incremental wins.

[@dnice33]

@@donn1387the quarterback is a rookie.

[@52mrbryant]

@@dnice33 Caleb only needs a good defense! Bears going to the super bowl baring injury to Caleb!

[@mr.nobody9697]

The defense is a top 5 defense and after a horrible start last season over the last 8 games they were holding teams to about 17ppg.

[@donn1387]

@@dnice33 yeah, but look at the schedule. Titans, Carolina, Washington, NE, Seattle, Rams W/O Aaron Donald, Indy, AZ , Jags are all very winnable games and just a split in the division would be 12 wins. They’d need 3 of these to go wrong to only win 9. And if you can take two from the Vikings (McCarthy isn’t scary) , should have beaten the Lions twice last year. To me 9 is a disaster.

[@WBradJazz]

All the different services is jive. All games should be free

[@wallysmith6229]

I'm optimistic 10 and 7 made the playoffs

[@aldenrandle4403]

They made the schedule last year i thought

[@ttaylor758]

Vegas has the Bears at 8.5 wins. That sounds about right.

[@MusSuk2BU]

Just 1.5 more wins than Fields...with ALL of those weapons??

[@MadSUPANOVA]

Sorry. No feet wet ' No favors..I wanted Bears tossed into the fire. NFL looks like they left the fire for the end...BUT THE EARLY scheduled teams did fix their noted issues. Freaking Rams has my 2 draft picks Braden Fiske and Jared Verse. Texans amped up defense and Bears I feel still has 2 weak links on online - but they get a chance to show and prove not- gone next year. Trevor Lawrence not playing with high ankle sprain, so Jags will be better. I wanted the Bears playing fire first like the 49ers... just to see if the offense can execute a few tricky plays. Anyway 1 game at a time.. man for man match up...that's all we can do. Can my man beat the man infront of them

[@sNNNNNable]

I haven't paid to watch a nfl game since like 2010. . Just stream it for free online. .

[@MercMadam]

🐻⬇️

[@jamesblackburn6505]

Im at his as if he loses ... dead as 1-5 justin showed he was tuff and could take a beating and still get back up and throw dimes ... cj stoud siad if we were smart we should stick with justin... im glad they tried to make it easy for this mommas boy and tuff for pittsburg's second half of the season ... if it is justin im confident in him

[@monstersofmidway2239]

Thats technically the ps4/5

[@calvincanterbury3975]

BEAR DOWN

[@zulunation3332]

They got hidden chemistry they gone end up dating one day 😂

[@donn1387]

How do the Jags have home field advantage when the game is a neutral site in London?

[@mr.nobody9697]

Yeah its pretty dumb. Would not be surprised to see the crowd really lean heavily in the Bears favor.

[@joeraguso5376]

The Jags have been going there every year for years and their owner is the owner of Fulham.

[@peggymartinez-hg9lm]

they dont

[@matttate920]

Yet ThemLikes uuop!

[@alexamerling79]

We better block Jeffrey Simmons. We do that and I like our chances week 1. Not super worried about Detroit. We have matched up well with them.

[@MusSuk2BU]

They are CLEARLY trying to not have ANOTHER #1 sub-par or failed QB drafted. Mac Jones could go to the SB with the squad the Bears surrounded Caleb with. Its ridiculous.

[@yakabatuka]

sweeping the lions 😅😅😅😅😅

[@eeguy77]

yeah I'm gonna watch.. but not sign up. 😏

[@lonfrazier3325]

It is not fan friendly to be on all these streaming services. It is not friendly for the players safety either!

[@officialSTR1FE]

We were not taking CJ when we already had Justin. Poles was not gonna do that. No matter what yall try to push on these casuals. There was only one way Poles was going, and he took us there! Thank God, he doesn't listen to yall. And I love Pat, he's my guy, but he needs to stop this foolishness, cause sheep eat anything.

[@dnice33]

He’s a fields fanboy

[@joeraguso5376]

Poles has had his eye on Caleb for years

[@keith_Joshua]

I think Poles had his 3 year gameplan layed out to get us to being a competitive team. Poles 2nd off-season with the true 1st pick, he really wanted to add multiple great players instead of 1 by trading that pick. We got a franchise OT, D.Wright, a probowl WR, DJ Moore & another starting CB with T.Stevenson. Plus, setting the Bears up to have 2 high draft picks this season, which he knew had more QB talent to choose from. Staying at #1 in 2023 draft would have actually kept us a year behind compared to where the roster is now. Imagine Stroud without D.Wright at RT & especially D.Mooney as his #1. We wouldn't have this awesome DB group, which is the strength of the team. Now it's the pass coverage & the pass attack with above average groups in the trenches.

[@dnice33]

@@keith_Joshua simple AND THEY STILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SECOND ROUNDER NEXT YEAR FROM THAT TRADE

[@tonyk7387]

Yeah I'd much rather have Caleb, dj Moore, Darnell wright, tyrique and whatever that 2nd round pick turns into next year. Not to mention the extra 4th they picked up from the eagles by moving from 9 to 10 last year which basically gave them the ability to trade for Keenan and still have another 4th round pick to use. And with how this team is set up on offense.. I wouldn't be surprised at all if in 2 years we will be saying "I'd take Caleb over Stroud one for one" without having to include the add ons

[@jeffortman6395]

No excuses. Bears should win 85% of theirs games or more

[@user-ez7ub5px2t]

%85 of 17 is 14.45 games won

[@Hiphiphooray490]

It’s just accepted that we’ll soon have to pay to watch every game. Because the players and owners aren’t making enough money.

[@jcyriln80]

Disney + is next

[@jamesblackburn6505]

They tryin to make a change now because justin did not deserve being set upto fail ... and rest the clock on momma bear shame on our frachise

[@jamesblackburn6505]

He dont get week 10 in my book ... he gets nothing you sht on jf1 the rookie gets none he better be whodini in thT pocket ... and he bet not complain about jack either

[@garyhughes2382]

Sure would be nice to talk about Bears as a Team and not make it all about CW.

[@user-mt3jj1vt6v]

Tb you look like TJ edwards boi yo a$$ look like Peter Griffin

[@jamesblackburn6505]

You dont eant him to suck but justin was our crash test dummy and its ok to throw throw him out and make it sweet for this mommas boy ... this exactly why my beloved team is doomed no matter who is brought in to help our team .. everyone gon see to justin is the truth...

[@MadSUPANOVA]

Bears better make sure back up QB get equal reps

[@donn1387]

That never happens even when you’re not trying to get as many reps as you can for a rookie QB. Bagent will work the scout team.

[@MadSUPANOVA]

@@donn1387 just saying. Rookie QB coming in, need the back up on the same page... just in case. Need back up ready like Josh McCown:) for Jay Cutler- although politics screwed McCown flow in playoffs- politics put Jay back in. Just saying

[@user-yj5xo9yi5z]

Anyone else bald

[@peggymartinez-hg9lm]

we gonna start 2-3 and chi town gonna freak out because its gonna take some time for them to gel. Then Pat will be thrilled because hes secretly hoping cw18 fails and Jf succeeds!

[@jamesblackburn6505]

I dont think so but paint the false narrative up...