While the future of the sports landscape remains murky at best amid the coronavirus pandemic, the NFL hasn’t found its offseason interrupted to the extent of other professional sports.
The NFL moved forward with free agency and the new league year, and the 2020 NFL Draft is still slated to take place April 23-25, although it’ll be much different than typical drafts. It won’t be a grand spectacle held in Las Vegas. Instead, they’re “exploring innovative options for how the process will be conducted” noting that the selection process “will be televised.”
Typically, the NFL schedule release is held a week before the NFL Draft. But that won’t be the case this year. According to the NFL, it’ll be pushed back until at least May 9.
The NFL says the schedule release will likely be around May 9 — no later. So, plan your calendars.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 31, 2020
But while we won’t know the when factor until a few weeks later, we do know the who and where factors when it comes to the Bears’ 2020 opponents.
| Home | Away |
| Houston Texans | Atlanta Falcons |
| Indianapolis Colts | Carolina Panthers |
| New Orleans Saints | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| New York Giants | Los Angeles Rams |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Tennessee Titans |
| Detroit Lions | Detroit Lions |
| Green Bay Packers | Green Bay Packers |
| Minnesota Vikings | Minnesota Vikings |
The Bears will face the AFC South and NFC South next season, which includes home games against the Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints, as well as away games against the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers and Tennessee Titans.
With the Bears finishing third in the NFC North, they’ll play a third-place schedule, which should be easier than the first-place schedule they faced in 2019.
Some of the marquee matchups feature Deshaun Watson and the Texans coming to Soldier Field to face (maybe) Mitchell Trubisky and the Bears, a potential Nick Foles revenge game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, as well as rematches against the Saints and Los Angeles Rams, on top of NFC North rivalries.
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