2023 Chicago Bears season
The 2023 season is the Chicago Bears' 104th season in the National Football League and their second under the head coach/general manager tandem of Matt Eberflus and Ryan Poles. The Bears will attempt to improve from their 3–14 season from the previous year and make the playoffs after a two-year absence.
2023 Chicago Bears season | |
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Owner | The McCaskey Family |
General manager | Ryan Poles |
Head coach | Matt Eberflus |
Home field | Soldier Field |
Results | |
Record | 2–5 |
Division place | 4th NFC North |
Uniform | |
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Draft
Draft trades
- The Bears traded a first-round selection (1st overall) to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for wide receiver D. J. Moore, first and second-round selections (9th and 61st overall), a 2024 first-round selection, and a 2025 second-round selection.[Trade 1]
- The Bears traded a first round-round selection (9th overall) to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a first round-round selection (10th overall) and a 2024 fourth-round selection.[Trade 2]
- New Orleans traded a first-round selection, as well as 2022 first, third, and seventh-round selections, and a 2024 second-round selection to Philadelphia in exchange for two 2022 first-round selections and a sixth-round selection.[Trade 3]
- The Bears traded its second-round selection (32nd overall) to Pittsburgh in exchange for wide receiver Chase Claypool.[Trade 4]
- The Bears traded linebacker Roquan Smith to Baltimore in exchange for linebacker A. J. Klein along with second and fifth-round selections (53rd and 148th overall).[Trade 5]
- The Bears traded their second- and fifth-round selections (61st and 136th overall) in exchange for Jacksonville's second-round selection (56th overall).[1]
- San Francisco traded second, third, and fourth-round selections and a 2024 fifth-round selection to Carolina in exchange for running back Christian McCaffrey.[Trade 1][Trade 6]
- The Bears traded the fourth-round pick (103rd overall) pick to the New Orleans Saints in exchange for two fourth-round picks (115th and 165th overall).[Trade 7]
- Philadelphia traded a fourth-round selection to Chicago in exchange for defensive end Robert Quinn.[Trade 8]
- New England traded a fifth-round selection and a 2022 seventh-round selection to Baltimore in exchange for cornerback Shaun Wade.[Trade 5][Trade 9]
- The Bears traded a sixth-round selection (178th overall) to Miami in exchange for wide receiver Jakeem Grant.[Trade 10]
- The Bears traded the sixth-round selection back to the Chargers in exchange for two 2022 seventh-round selections.[Trade 11]
- The Bears traded outside linebacker Khalil Mack to the Chargers in exchange for a sixth-round selection (200th overall) as well as a 2022 second-round selection.[Trade 12]
Name | Position | College | Ref. |
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Nick Amoah | OT | UC Davis | [2] |
Tyson Bagent | QB | Shepherd | |
Micah Baskerville | LB | LSU | |
Justin Broiles | S | Oklahoma | |
Robert Burns | FB | UConn | |
Damien Caffrey | TE | Stony Brook | |
Macon Clark | S | Tulane | |
Aron Cruickshank | WR | Rutgers | |
Jalen Harris | DE | Arizona | |
Robert Haskins | OT | USC | |
Gabe Houy | Pittsburgh | ||
D'Anthony Jones | DE | Houston | [3] |
Josh Lugg | G | Notre Dame | |
Lorenz Metz | Cincinnati | [2] | |
Thyrick Pitts | WR | Delaware | |
Andre Szmyt | K | Syracuse | |
Bralen Trahan | S | Louisiana | [3] |
Staff
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Current roster
Preseason
The Bears' preseason opponents and schedule was announced in the spring.
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | August 12 | Tennessee Titans | W 23–17 | 1–0 | Soldier Field | Recap |
2 | August 19 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 17–24 | 1–1 | Lucas Oil Stadium | Recap |
3 | August 26 | Buffalo Bills | L 21–24 | 1–2 | Soldier Field | Recap |
Regular season
Schedule
Week | Date | Time (CT) | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | TV | Recap |
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1 | September 10 | 3:25 p.m. | Green Bay Packers | L 20–38 | 0–1 | Soldier Field | Fox | Recap |
2 | September 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 17–27 | 0–2 | Raymond James Stadium | Fox | Recap |
3 | September 24 | 3:25 p.m. | at Kansas City Chiefs | L 10–41 | 0–3 | Arrowhead Stadium | Fox | Recap |
4 | October 1 | 12:00 p.m. | Denver Broncos | L 28–31 | 0–4 | Soldier Field | CBS | Recap |
5 | October 5 | 7:15 p.m. | at Washington Commanders | W 40–20 | 1–4 | FedExField | Prime Video | Recap |
6 | October 15 | 12:00 p.m. | Minnesota Vikings | L 13–19 | 1–5 | Soldier Field | Fox | Recap |
7 | October 22 | 12:00 p.m. | Las Vegas Raiders | W 30–12 | 2–5 | Soldier Field | Fox | Recap |
8 | October 29 | 7:20 p.m. | at Los Angeles Chargers | SoFi Stadium | NBC | |||
9 | November 5 | 12:00 p.m. | at New Orleans Saints | Caesars Superdome | CBS | |||
10 | November 9 | 7:15 p.m. | Carolina Panthers | Soldier Field | Prime Video | |||
11 | November 19 | 12:00 p.m. | at Detroit Lions | Ford Field | Fox | |||
12 | November 27 | 7:15 p.m. | at Minnesota Vikings | U.S. Bank Stadium | ESPN | |||
13 | Bye | |||||||
14 | December 10 | 12:00 p.m. | Detroit Lions | Soldier Field | Fox | |||
15 | TBD (December 16/17/18) | TBD | at Cleveland Browns | Cleveland Browns Stadium | TBD | |||
16 | December 24 | 3:25 p.m. | Arizona Cardinals | Soldier Field | Fox | |||
17 | December 31 | 12:00 p.m. | Atlanta Falcons | Soldier Field | CBS | |||
18 | TBD (January 6/7) | TBD | at Green Bay Packers | Lambeau Field | TBD | |||
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Week 1: vs. Green Bay Packers
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Packers | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
Bears | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
- Date: September 10
- Game time: 3:25 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Mostly sunny, 75 °F (24 °C)
- Game attendance: 62,456
- Referee: Craig Wrolstad
- TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi
- Recap, Game Book
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Week 2: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bears | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Buccaneers | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
- Date: September 17
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT/12:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Cloudy, 89 °F (32 °C)
- Game attendance: 62,976
- Referee: Bill Vinovich
- TV announcers (Fox): Joe Davis, Daryl Johnston and Pam Oliver
- Recap, Game Book
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Week 3: at Kansas City Chiefs
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Chiefs | 7 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 41 |
Game information | ||
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Week 4: vs. Denver Broncos
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Broncos | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
Bears | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
- Date: October 1
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Sunny, 80 °F (27 °C)
- Game attendance: 62,220
- Referee: Carl Cheffers
- TV announcers (CBS): Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber, Matt Ryan and AJ Ross
- Recap, Game Book
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The Bears blew a 28–7 lead and lost to Russell Wilson and the Broncos, 31–28. The Bears remained winless and extended their losing streak to 14 games.
Week 5: at Washington Commanders
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bears | 10 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 40 |
Commanders | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 20 |
at FedExField, Landover, Maryland
- Date: October 5
- Game time: 8:15 p.m. EDT/7:15 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Cloudy, 70 °F (21 °C)
- Game attendance: 63,727
- Referee: Scott Novak
- TV announcers (Prime Video): Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit and Kaylee Hartung
- Recap, Game Book
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The Bears upset the Commanders, and picked up their first win of the season, improving to 1-4. Justin Fields had a perfect passer rating of 158.3, and D.J. Moore had a day with 3 touchdowns. They broke their losing streak of 14 games dating back to last season.
Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Vikings | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
Bears | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
- Date: October 15
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Partly cloudy, 53 °F (12 °C)
- Game attendance: 62,167
- Referee: Brad Allen
- TV announcers (Fox): Chris Myers, Mark Schlereth and Kristina Pink
- Recap, Game Book
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Week 7: vs. Las Vegas Raiders
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Raiders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
Bears | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
- Date: October 22
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Partly cloudy, 52 °F (11 °C)
- Game attendance: 62,199
- Referee: Clay Martin
- TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez and Laura Okmin
- Recap, Game Book
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Week 8: at Los Angeles Chargers
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chargers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
- Date: October 29
- Game time: 7:20 p.m. CDT/5:20 p.m. PDT
- Game weather: TBD (retractable roof stadium)
- Referee: Brad Rogers
- TV announcers (NBC): Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark
- Preview
Division
NFC North | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
Detroit Lions | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 174 | 151 | L1 |
Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 151 | 152 | W2 |
Green Bay Packers | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 130 | 132 | L3 |
Chicago Bears | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 158 | 188 | W1 |
Conference
# | Team | Division | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | SOS | SOV | STK |
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Division leaders | |||||||||||
1 | Philadelphia Eagles | East | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1–0 | 4–0 | .468 | .463 | W1 |
2[lower-alpha 1] | Detroit Lions | North | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1–0 | 4–1 | .533 | .469 | L1 |
3[lower-alpha 1] | San Francisco 49ers | West | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2–0 | 4–1 | .457 | .424 | L2 |
4 | Atlanta Falcons | South | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 2–0 | 3–2 | .467 | .333 | W1 |
Wild cards | |||||||||||
5[lower-alpha 2] | Seattle Seahawks | West | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1–1 | 4–1 | .350 | .296 | W1 |
6[lower-alpha 2] | Dallas Cowboys | East | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1–0 | 1–2 | .375 | .346 | W1 |
7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | South | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 1–1 | 3–3 | .548 | .381 | L2 |
In the hunt | |||||||||||
8[lower-alpha 3] | Minnesota Vikings | North | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 1–0 | 3–2 | .522 | .350 | W2 |
9[lower-alpha 3] | Los Angeles Rams | West | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 2–1 | 2–2 | .565 | .400 | L1 |
10[lower-alpha 3] | Washington Commanders | East | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 0–2 | 2–3 | .429 | .333 | L1 |
11[lower-alpha 3] | New Orleans Saints | South | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 1–1 | 1–2 | .386 | .211 | L2 |
12 | Green Bay Packers | North | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 1–1 | 2–2 | .452 | .357 | L3 |
13[lower-alpha 4] | New York Giants | East | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 1–1 | 2–3 | .553 | .286 | W1 |
14[lower-alpha 4] | Chicago Bears | North | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 0–2 | 1–3 | .468 | .429 | W1 |
15 | Arizona Cardinals | West | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 0–3 | 1–5 | .522 | .667 | L4 |
16 | Carolina Panthers | South | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0–2 | 0–5 | .585 | .000 | L6 |
Tiebreakers[lower-alpha 5] | |||||||||||
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Legend | |||||||||||
w — Clinched wild card | |||||||||||
x — Clinched playoff berth | |||||||||||
y — Clinched division | |||||||||||
z — Clinched first-round bye and home-field advantage |
References
- "Bears trade up for Miami CB Tyrique Stevenson with 56th pick in 2023 NFL draft". April 29, 2023.
- "Bears sign 14 undrafted free agents – Roster Moves". chicagobears.com. May 4, 2023.
- "Roster Moves: Bears sign four players from rookie minicamp". chicagobears.com. May 8, 2023.
Draft trades
- McDaniel, Mike (March 10, 2023). "Bears Trade No. 1 Pick in 2023 NFL Draft to Panthers, per Reports". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- "Eagles trade up, pick Georgia DT Jalen Carter in NFL draft". April 27, 2023.
- "Sources: Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints shake up first round of 2022 NFL draft with multipick trade". April 4, 2022.
- "Roster Move: Bears agree to acquire Chase Claypool in trade with Steelers". Chicago Bears. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- "Bears trading LB Roquan Smith to Ravens for draft picks". NFL.com. October 31, 2022.
- "Panthers trading RB Christian McCaffrey to 49ers in exchange for host of draft picks". NFL.com. October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- "Report: Bears trade back again, pick up extra 5th-rounder". April 29, 2023.
- Spadaro, Dave (October 26, 2022). "Eagles trade for Pro Bowl DE Robert Quinn". Philadelphia Eagles. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- DeArdo, Bryan (August 26, 2021). "Patriots, Ravens agree to trade that sends rookie Shaun Wade to New England, per report". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- Patra, Kevin (October 5, 2021). "Bears acquire WR Jakeem Grant in trade with Dolphins". NFL.com. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- Peterson, Michael (April 30, 2022). "Chargers trade #254, #255 to Bears for 2023 6th-round pick". Bolts From The Blue. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
- "Chargers Acquire Six-Time Pro Bowl Outside Linebacker Khalil Mack". March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.