_**LAKE FOREST, Ill.**_ — As NFL teams continue on with rookie minicamp and OTA's in May, the league is ready to set their schedule for the upcoming 2025 season. It's another fun event for fans as they are able to start planning around the matchups for this Fall and gets us one step closer to the start of the season.
For the Chicago Bears, it's another offseason filled with excitement and hope. With the hiring of Ben Johnson as head coach, Bears fans are hoping that he can help elevate quarterback Caleb Williams in his second season and turn things around in the Windy City.
As the games get announced, we are going to do our best to fill them in, along with more reports and rumors for the 2025 schedule.
While we don't know the dates of games, we do know the opponents the Bears will have. They will host the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions, New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Cleveland Browns.
They will travel to face off against the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions, Washington Commanders, Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, and Las Vegas Raiders.
The NFL will also release games early, beginning on Monday. The TODAY SHOW will reveal the Week 1 TNF opener, while FOX and Amazon will release a game as well. On Tuesday, ESPN will share a few Monday Night Football games via Good Morning America. The NFL International games will be announced during the NFL Network's Good Morning Football Show.
Wednesday morning, Netflix and CBS Morning will release games before the full schedule comes out.
Chicago Bears 2025 schedule tracker:
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\- The NFL has announced that the Philadelphia Eagles will host the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1 on Thursday Night Football. The Bears were a team that the Eagles are set to host at home and could have been a candidate for Week 1.
Chicago Bears 2025 schedule
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**Preseason**
**Regular season**
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