Yeah with the difficult schedule and a new offense I’m not expecting 10+ wins or anything. But like UMFan said, the coaching staff is setting such a high standard. My hope is that the deeper we get into the season the more we see things come together, with 8 or 9 wins as a reasonable expectation. Then 2026 is when the Bears really start to cook.
The defense feels incredibly thin to me everywhere but DT. That the RB group kind of hinges on a 7th round pick to complement Deandre Swift scares me a bit, and it’s unfortunate that none of the LT options really separated themselves.
It obviously still all comes down to Caleb, though. If he’s able to take advantage of the improved OLine, talented and deep pass catching group, and seemingly at worst competent at best very good coaching group, it’ll be a fun season,