2023 CHICAGO BEARS WIN PREDICTION

BY ADAM GREENE

Leaning fully into Justin Fields as their starting quarterback a season ago, the Chicago Bears won many a championship for those playing fantasy football in the seasonal or daily variety.

Wins on the field were tougher to come by for the former Monsters of the Midway. As such, Chicago, though much improved in the eye test, still secured the top pick in April’s draft and traded it away to the Carolina Panthers.

CHICAGO BEARS

2022-23 Record: 3-14

Playoffs: N/A

Presumed Starters

QB: Justin Fields

RB: Khalil Herbert

WR: DJ Moore

WR: Darnell Mooney

WR: Chase Claypool

TE: Cole Kmet

LT: Braxton Jones

LG: Teven Jenkins

C: Cody Whitehair

RG: Nate Davis

RT: Darnell Wright

LDE: Yannick Ngakue

LDT: Andrew Billings

RDT: Justin Jones

RDE: DeMarcus Walker

WLB: TJ Edwards

MLB: Tremaine Edmunds

SLB: Jack Sanborn

LCB: Jaylon Johnson

RCB: Kyler Gordon

SS: Jaquan Brisker

FS: Eddie Jackson

K: Cairo Santos

P: Trenton Gill

PR: Velus Jones, Jr.

KR: Velus Jones, Jr.

2023 NFL Draft: Round 1: Darnell Wright, OT, Tennessee, Round 2: Gervon Dexter, Sr., DT, Florida, Round 3: Zacch Pickens, DT, South Carolina, Round 4: Roscjon Johnson, RB, Texas, Round 4: Tyler Scott, WR, Cincinnati, Round 5: Noah Sewell, LB, Oregon, Round 5: Terrell Smith, CB, Minnesota, Round 7: Travis Bell, DT, Kennesaw State, Round 7: Kendall Williamson, DB, Stanford

Players Gained: DJ Moore – WR (trade), Tremaine Edmunds – ILB (FA), Nate Davis – OG (FA), DeMarcus Walker – DE (FA), TJ Edwards – LB (FA), Yannick Ngakoue – DE (FA), PJ Walker – QB (FA), Travis Horner – RB (FA), Andrew Billings – DT (FA), Robert Tonyan, Jr. – TE (FA), Rasheem Green – DE (FA), Mercedes Lewis – TE (FA), D’Onta Foreman – RB (FA), Dante Pettis – WR (FA), Nathan Peterman – QB (FA), Dylan Cole – ILB (FA)

Players Lost: David Montgomery – RB, Riley Rieff – OT, Trevor Siemian – QB, Al-Quadin Muhammad – DE, Armon Watts – DT, Trevon Wesco – FB, Matthew Adams – OLB, DeAndre Houston -Carson – Safety, Angelo Blackson – DE, Nicholas Morrow – OLB, Jalyn Holmes – DT, Byron Pringle – WR, Dane Cruikshank – CB, Breon Borders – CB, Sam Mustipher – C, N’Keal Harry – WR

Chicago Bears 2023 Odds

2023 Super Bowl Odds: +8000

2023 NFC Championship Odds: +2500

2023 NFC North Odds: +450

Team Wins: Over 7.5 (-140), Under 7.5 (+110)

There’s plenty of excitement surrounding the Bears franchise this offseason for good reason. While they did secure the No. 1 overall pick in April’s draft, they traded it away to build around their budding star quarterback, Justin Fields. And they got him a new weapon in wide receiver DJ Moore in the process.

In spite of all the fan-based playoff team talk, Chicago is still very behind the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions in the NFC North and probably doesn’t have the good luck to slide into one of the three Wild Card spots this season. They could be exciting, especially early. They host the Aaron Rodgers-less Green Bay Packers in Week 1 and then play at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 2, so the Bears could be looking at a 2-0 start before being bludgeoned in Arrowhead by the Kansas City Chiefs.

Their schedule teeters from winnable game to all but guaranteed defeat thereafter. It’s tempting to pick the over here, as 8 wins is on the table. I just don’t see it happening yet.

2023-23 Win Prediction: 7-10

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