It feels like an eternity since the Chicago Bears opened up their season with a disastrous 38-20 loss to the Green Bay Packers. With all of the paralysis by analysis and outrage throughout every corner on social media, it felt as if we would never get to Week 2. But we’re finally here and the Bears have a chance to even up their schedule with a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Chicago travels down to Tampa to take on the 1-0 Buccaneers, hoping to stave off the dreaded 0-2 start, something they haven’t done since 2017. They’ll need to come with a better gameplan and better effort all around to accomplish that, though. Will we see another flat performance on Sunday? Or are the Bears finally ready to begin the 2023 season? Here are five bold predictions for this week’s game.