It's nice to get a Bears fix. The NFL released it's full schedule today and there are some surprises involved in the Bears schedule. The first surprise came with the announcement that the Bears will be wearing throwback uniforms (pictured) commemorating the "Monsters Of The Midway" Bears teams of the 1940's, for 2 undetermined games this season.The rest of the surprises involve the first game actually being a home game for the first time since 2004, coincidentally against the Detroit Lions. The schedule also has the Bears travelling to that middle finger of a stadium in Dallas to play the Cowboys in the second game of the season - even though that was rumored to be played on Thanksgiving.
The schedule gets a little hairy after that with two Prime Time games against the Packers on a Monday Night tilt, and at the New York Giants on Sunday Night Football. There's also tough games on the road against the Panthers, Dolphins, plus the rest of the division opponents. The only real cupcakes on the schedule appear to be the Buffalo Bills in Toronto, and Captain Happy Pete Carroll's Seattle Seahawks. The Patriots and Jets appear to be tough games at home however.
If you're looking for a prediction from The Beard, it's not coming now. While it may not stop the would be psychics of the Chicago Tribune from predicting the Bears season today, I'm choosing to wait. I'd like the draft to take place, the Free Agency Deadline of June 1 to expire, Organized Team Activities to commence in June, Training Camp to start and end, same for Preseason, and most importantly the INJURY REPORT to become available before I'm going to start predicting Wins and Losses.
In the meantime I'll be content to continue to watch Mike Martz go overboard in his honeymoon with Cutler.
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