Final Forecast on 2023 Chicago Bears Season
A game-by-game forecast on the upcoming 2023 Chicago Bears season from BearDigest.
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00:00 The last cuts are made, the roster is done.
00:12 We've known the schedule for quite a while.
00:14 An earlier prediction was made when we didn't quite know all those facts.
00:18 But now it's time to take a look at where the Bears are and what they're going to do
00:22 this season.
00:23 Here's a game-by-game forecast of what the Bears' record will be in 2023.
00:30 Look for the Bears to start out 1-1 before their big test.
00:33 A 17-13 win over the Packers at home in an ugly game with two offenses struggling.
00:39 Then a 23-10 loss at Tampa in the heat against a team they should be able to beat, but they
00:45 won't.
00:46 The Bucs don't have Tom Brady, but Baker Mayfield has beaten the Bears easily before in Cleveland.
00:52 The Bears are just not advanced enough to go into Kansas City and win, especially their
00:57 defense.
00:58 In fact, this looks like one where they'll fall apart against Patrick Mahomes.
01:02 Their old coach Matt Nagy will run up the score 34-10 in a loss.
01:12 You'll get a bounce back after that and look for Russell Wilson to struggle again this
01:15 year because he's not Sean Payton's quarterback, no matter how much weight he loses.
01:20 The Bears win at home 19-16 over the Broncos.
01:24 They're not ready for prime time yet and going to Washington against a great defensive front,
01:28 another poor offensive effort in a 24-17 loss.
01:32 So at 2-3, they come home and play the Minnesota Vikings, and they're really in the tough part
01:37 of their schedule here.
01:38 They lose again because they can't keep up offensively with a team as explosive as the
01:43 Vikings yet, 33-24.
01:46 Then the Raiders come in with experienced Jimmy G, and he's always played well in his
01:50 hometown, and it's 20-10 for the Raiders.
01:55 But now the effect of all those injuries that we're seeing right now on the offensive line
01:59 are gone.
02:01 They've come a long ways, but they're going to have to come a lot longer ways because
02:04 the chargers at home are too much, 28-24.
02:09 But change has come for a young team in the last few weeks, and they're able to go into
02:13 New Orleans and come out with an upset win against an opponent with a pretty good defense,
02:18 23-20.
02:19 They return home for the midpoint game at night, a Thursday night game, a short work
02:24 week against the Carolina Panthers, who could be the worst team in the NFL, which means
02:28 that the Bears will be getting their draft pick.
02:31 It should be a rout in this one.
02:33 The Bears roll 28-10 in Justin Fields' best game of the season.
02:39 As far as they've come, they're not at a level yet, though, to beat Detroit in the next game
02:43 on the road at Ford Field, and they fall 23-16.
02:48 Likewise, they're not far enough along to beat the Vikings in Minnesota, a high-powered
02:52 offense on a fast track, and on Monday night, Vikings 31, the Bears 23.
03:00 After a bye week, they're hosting the division-leading Lions, and they put up one of their best fights
03:04 of the year.
03:05 Still, they aren't quite there where they need to be in the Lions class, in the trenches
03:09 especially, and they lose 28-27.
03:15 Fields goes to Cleveland then to try for his revenge after being beaten up there in his
03:19 first career start, but Deshaun Watson and the Browns' running game prevent this, 26-17.
03:27 Now for the big finish, though.
03:28 The turn has come to this team, and in the cold against Arizona at Soldier Field on Christmas
03:34 Eve, it's the Bears getting all the presents, 34-10.
03:40 Then the dome team, the overrated Atlanta Falcons, come to Soldier Field on New Year's
03:44 Eve, and they get spanked, 27-13.
03:47 Finally, the Bears get it done, a sweep of the Green Bay Packers for the first time since
03:52 2007, this one at Lambeau Field, 19-17.
03:57 It's not the season many wanted, but 7-10 is a huge improvement over 3-14, and the finish
04:03 to this season will have Chicago buzzing about next year.
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