The Chicago Bears have had a very encouraging offseason that has significantly boosted the expectations of the 2025 team. In particular, general manager Ryan Poles completely revamped the offensive line while adding some very talented weapons around quarterback Caleb Williams.
It’s not going to be easy in a stacked NFC North, which was the best division in 2024, but the Bears are feeling very confident, especially with new coach Ben Johnson. And Bleacher Report’s Moe Moton believes that this team will live up to those expectations.
The NFL Draft analyst has Chicago going to 10-7 overall. While Moton notes the various additions Poles made this offseason to the roster, he centers in on why this coaching staff will be able to get the best of this group of players.
“This offseason, the Chicago Bears made changes that will result in significant progress” Moton argues. “They hired former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, who can install a physical identity with the Bears' revamped personnel group. Johnson hired Dennis Allen to be his defensive coordinator. As the Saints' lead defensive play-caller, Allen fielded top-nine scoring units in four of the last five years.
He inherits a talented unit that ranked 13th in scoring and tied for 10th in takeaways last season. The Bears have one of the league's top offensive and defensive play-callers. Johnson and Allen will elevate an underachieving roster that played for an interim head coach for the final five weeks of the 2024 term.”
Time will tell whether this group lives up to the hype. To do so Caleb Williams will have to avoid any kind of sophomore slump as the schedule is pretty difficult in 2025. But the talent is there for the Bears to break their four-year playoff drought.
