{"id":492767,"date":"2026-01-04T22:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/492767\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T22:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:57:11","slug":"chicago-bears-2026-opponents-are-set-heres-who-the-bears-will-play-and-where","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/492767\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears 2026 opponents are set: Here&#8217;s who the Bears will play, and where"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/l90iyri8vvpls5si.jpg\" alt=\"Bear Necessities: Cassie goes in-depth on how the Bears grew from Week 2 to Week 18\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">As the final games of the 2025 NFL season come to a close, it gives us a first glimpse at the 2026 NFL season in some ways.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Namely, it tells us who the Chicago Bears will play next season.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Next year, the Bears are scheduling the NFC South and the AFC East. They&#8217;ll also get an NFC West team, based on how both teams finished in the 2025 season in their respective divisions.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">In this case, the Bears and Seattle Seahawks finished first in their divisions. The two will square off next season.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Here are the Bears&#8217; opponents in the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p> Home\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">New Orleans Saints<br \/>New England Patriots<br \/>New York Jets<br \/>Jacksonville Jaguars<br \/>Philadelphia Eagles<br \/>Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/p>\n<p> Away <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Buffalo Bills<br \/>Miami Dolphins<br \/>Atlanta Falcons<br \/>Carolina Panthers<br \/>Seattle Seahawks<\/p>\n<p> Home &amp; Away <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Green Bay Packers<br \/>Detroit Lions<br \/>Minnesota Vikings<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know is when the Bears will play these teams.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">That will come to light when the NFL has its schedule release show later this year after the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/nfl\/bears\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bears<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/sports\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the final games of the 2025 NFL season come to a close, it gives us a first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":234386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[10809,960,5386,1818,1232,62],"class_list":{"0":"post-492767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-bears","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115839306747601186","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}