Predict Bears Record in 2024

[clenbuterol_clint]

Holy shit.

Don't let it happen again.

 

[IlliniBear1]

Alright, if you need something to pass the time for the next seven hours, and you're sick of mock drafts, predict the Bears record for the upcoming season. Feel free to go game by game, but since we don't have the exact schedule yet, it might be easier to predict how many wins from each of the following three groups:

Group 1 (6 divisional games): Lions, at Lions, Vikings, at Vikings, Packers, at Packers
Group 2 (6 non-divisional home games): Rams, Seahawks, Jaguars, Titans, Panthers, Patriots
Group 3 (5 non-divisional road games): Cardinals, 49ers, Texans, Colts, Commanders

I'll say 3 wins from Group 1, 4 wins from Group 2, and 2 wins from Group 3.

9-8 record, and a Wild Card spot.

10-7

 

[Quik_7_Devin]

The div should be a dogfight, can't call who takes it but I'll go with the floor 10-7 and a playoff berth

 

[PrideisBears]

Can we make a prediction after preseason?

 

[pdxbearsfan]

10 wins
Playoffs
Caleb beats Jordan Love in first head to head

you heard it here first!

Wise prediction.

 

[90sBullsFan]

Alright, if you need something to pass the time for the next seven hours, and you're sick of mock drafts, predict the Bears record for the upcoming season. Feel free to go game by game, but since we don't have the exact schedule yet, it might be easier to predict how many wins from each of the following three groups:

Group 1 (6 divisional games): Lions, at Lions, Vikings, at Vikings, Packers, at Packers
Group 2 (6 non-divisional home games): Rams, Seahawks, Jaguars, Titans, Panthers, Patriots
Group 3 (5 non-divisional road games): Cardinals, 49ers, Texans, Colts, Commanders

I'll say 3 wins from Group 1, 4 wins from Group 2, and 2 wins from Group 3.

9-8 record, and a Wild Card spot.

3 wins out of group #1, 5 out of group #2, and 2 out of group #3 = 10-7 and a wildcard spot.

 

[Szlachcic]

Considering Williams is a rookie QB, I predict 8 wins only. Hope I'm wrong, but my crystal ball say 8 wins only..

 

[DaBears3434]

With no DL and a very mid OL.

Bears fans overrate the roster every year

10 wins is the ceiling not the minimum.

I’d say the ceiling LAST year was 10 wins, considering the three embarrassing choke jobs. And that was with only a half season of Sweat. I’d say this team is better than last.

This year, I’d put the floor at 6 wins and the ceiling at 12 wins. Yes, that’s a large range, but that’s why we call it a floor and a ceiling.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

I’d say the ceiling LAST year was 10 wins, considering the three embarrassing choke jobs. And that was with only a half season of Sweat. I’d say this team is better than last.

This year, I’d put the floor at 6 wins and the ceiling at 12 wins. Yes, that’s a large range, but that’s why we call it a floor and a ceiling.

Everyone brings up Sweat but ignores the two starters that are gone.

Hopefully it’s addressed before camp.

 

[DaBears3434]

Everyone brings up Sweat but ignores the two starters that are gone.

Hopefully it’s addressed before camp.

I think Dexter will improve and help offset the loss of Jones. And I think we’ll grab some veteran DE, just like last year.

 

[Aquineas]

Can we make a prediction after preseason?

I feel pre-season is not going to be pretty. Hopefully the Bears faithful can keep their cool through the early growing pains. I am worried about potentially facing KC in pre-season (we usually do). Spagnola is an asshole who sends all kinds of blitzes during pre-season. Don't get me wrong- Williams is going to have to face the blitz and face it often. That's one of the things that fans hope CW can do better than JF- beat the blitz, hopefully with his arm more often than not. But a brand new QB in a new offense with new blocking schemes might find facing this in the PS difficult.

 

[pseudonym]

Group 1 (6 divisional games): Lions, at Lions, Vikings, at Vikings, Packers, at Packers
Group 2 (6 non-divisional home games): Rams, Seahawks, Jaguars, Titans, Panthers, Patriots
Group 3 (5 non-divisional road games): Cardinals, 49ers, Texans, Colts, Commanders

4-5 out of Group 1
3-4 out of Group 2
2 out of Group 3

So 9-11 wins feels about right.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

I feel pre-season is not going to be pretty. Hopefully the Bears faithful can keep their cool through the early growing pains. I am worried about potentially facing KC in pre-season (we usually do). Spagnola is an asshole who sends all kinds of blitzes during pre-season. Don't get me wrong- Williams is going to have to face the blitz and face it often. That's one of the things that fans hope CW can do better than JF- beat the blitz, hopefully with his arm more often than not. But a brand new QB in a new offense with new blocking schemes might find facing this in the PS difficult.

Houston won 10 games last year with a historic performance by the rookie QB. That’s not normal! And many seem to think that’ll be easy to obtain. Or a failure if it isn’t. I have zero hope that the fanbase can keep their cool through any growing pains.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

7-10. Rookie QB is an interception machine early while he learns the offense and adjusts to the speed of NFL defenders. Cole Kmet is his best friend early

I’m more worried about the fumbles than the INT’s. CW has always been good at avoiding the INT’s. Fumbles are another story

 

[Aquineas]

I’m more worried about the fumbles than the INT’s. CW has always been good at avoiding the INT’s. Fumbles are another story

Yeah 30+ fumbles is no joke. It's a concern to be sure. To be clear though once he adjusts he's (hopefully) going to make people pay for the blitz like a MF.

That's when it's going to feel good as a Bear's fan. To be able to watch the opposing defense walk off the field avoiding looking at each other after Bears TDs and yell at the other team- "See? That's what y'all get for blitzing, ya' punk mofos!!"

 

[Salvaged Ship]

The Vikings were 7-10 last year, they now have Darnold and a very raw McCarthy who is likely needing a decent amount of time to develop. I have seen quite a bit of predictions from the so called experts having Minnesota making a big jump, not sure why so many are jumping on their bandwagon with their QB situation for 2024.

 

[RandomGuy]

10 wins plus. A lot of things happen throughout the regular season but 10 wins and playoffs should be expected from fans IMO.

 

[DavidH]

I think a lot of people can't wrap their heads around how good this team might be. It's going to be hard for that offense not to be good, barring injuries.

Having both a top 10 offense and defense is reasonably in play (not saying it's a sure thing, but it's far from out of the question). If that's the case, that's a *really* good team.

Or another way to think about it is how close the existing roster was to winning 10 games (3 historic collapses yada, yada) and then taking a bunch of snaps from the likes of Darnell Mooney, Robert Tonyan, D'Onta Foreman, Justin Fields, ESB, Trenton Gill (lol) etc. and replacing them with Keenan Allen, Gerald Everett, Deandre Swift, Caleb Williams, Rome Odunze, and punt God (again, lol). Not to mention finding a good Eddie Jackson replacement with a solid vet in Byard and what has to be at least somewhat of an upgrade at C between Shelton and Bates.

Oh, and what seems like it has to be an upgraded offensive coaching staff.

**** it, assuming decent injury luck, I'm going 12-5. Maybe even 13-4.

I feel nuts saying that, but mediocre teams make big turnarounds all the time with far less transformative off-seasons. And if Caleb can manage to play as well as some other undisputed 1st overall rookies have (and even some others who weren't, i.e. Herbert and Stroud - pretty much all of which had far worse supporting casts), what is stopping them other than injury? (Don't answer that, lol).

 

[Porkchop]

I'll say 10-7.

I think this team is going to be legitimately good, but this schedule is shaping up to be pretty tough. they get the NFC West and AFC South, which is an upgrade over last year, when they drew the 2 weakest divisions in the league.

And of course, the NFC North may be the strongest conference top-to-bottom in the league. It's going to be a bloodbath.

 

[hyatt151]

I am going with the same.

on board with this