The Bears enter this season with the eighth-youngest 53-man roster according to numbers compiled by The 33rd Team.
That's fairly young considering it's a roster with 40-year-old tight d Marcedes Lewis and a group of 30-something specialist players on the kicking teams.
Still, ninth is a young roster and it's the second-youngest in the NFC North behind only the Green Bay Packers, who have the youngest team at 25.49 years old on average.
The Bears average 26.12 years old.
The Packers have the youngest offense at 24.82 while the Bears are eighth at 26.08
The Bears defense is tied with the Packers, Cardinals and Texans for the seventh youngest defense at 26.17 years old.
Tennesee, the Bears' opponent in the opener, is one behind the Bears in average overall age in ninth at 26.18 years old.
The Bears have nine players 30 or older and three of them are starters: defensive end DeMarcus Walker (30), wide receiver Keenan Allen (32) and safety Kevin Byard (31) are the starters. The others are tight end Gerald Everett (30), tackle Matt Pryor (30), wide receiver DeAndre Carter (31), kicker Cairo Santos (33), long snapper Patrick Scales (36) and Lewis (40). Scales is currently on IR.
