The Bear’s Den, May 17, 2024

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THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL

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Story for every game on Bears 2024 schedule this season – NBC Sports Chicago - Every game has a storyline to follow. Here’s what we’ve got our eyes on this season

Bears’ odds to win NFC North after 2024 NFL schedule release – NBC Sports Chicago - Where oddsmakers placed the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Viking to finish in the NFC North this NFL season

Caleb Williams, Bears must win these 6 games to make NFL playoffs – NBC Sports Chicago - If the Bears want to make their 2024 NFL playoff dreams a reality, there are six games on the schedule that must have a “W” next to them when all is said and...

Report: Robert Tonyan signs with Vikings, after 1 year with Bears – NBC Sports Chicago - Tonyan played TE for the Packers before coming to Chicago

Chicago Bears schedule features 8 revenge game opportunities – NBC Sports Chicago - New players will have the chance to go off on their former teams

Thomas Brown: Caleb Williams ‘confident’ but also ‘humble’ - 670 - In checking the necessary boxes to select quarterback Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft, the Bears put their faith in several new hires to their offensive coaching staff, including new passing game coordinator Thomas Brown.

Bears sign fifth-round pick Austin Booker - Chicago Sun-Times - Booker is expected to make about $4.2 million over four years.

NFL schedule guru Mike North explains quirks in Bears’ 2024 slate - Chicago Sun-Times - They’ll play the entire AFC South before facing an NFC North foe for the first time — in Week 11. They have a stretch of three consecutive home games followed by three consecutive road games. What gives?

Bears stadium debate should shift south to Michael Reese site, Civic Federation president says - Chicago Sun-Times - Bears President Kevin Warren has rejected the 48.6-acre Michael Reese site, saying it’s too narrow and doesn’t work because the stadium would have to be built “over an active train line.”

Bears 2024 schedule provides a chance to grow - Chicago Sun-Times - From the opener at home against a rebuilding Titans team under a rookie head coach, Caleb Williams & Co. will have opportunities for early success. The toughest part of the schedule comes in the final eight games.

Chicago Bears: 2024 game-by-game predictions - Chicago Tibune - The 2024 week-by-week itinerary for the Chicago Bears, along with predictions on each game from the Tribune’s team of experts.

Every NFL team’s 2024 regular-season schedule - The Athletic - A team-by-team chart of every teams’ 2024 NFL schedule.

POLISH SAUSAGE

New Sunday network assignments shift 49 games between CBS and Fox - NBC Sports - Last year, the NFL tore down the traditional formula that sent daytime games to CBS or Fox.

163 of 257 draft picks have signed contracts - NBC Sports - Rookie deals keep getting done quickly.

Bengals are biggest favorites of Week 1 with 8.5-point line over Patriots - NBC Sports - The Bengals are the team with the best odds to start the season 1-0.

NFL gave Jets six early prime-time games because they "kind of owe us one" - NBC Sports - The Jets have seven standalone games — six of them in prime-time — during the first 11 weeks of the season.

Chad Kelly withdraws from Toronto Argonauts training camp - NBC Sports - Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly, who faces a suspension of at least nine games after investigating a lawsuit filed by a former strength and conditioning coach, has withdrawn from training camp.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ON WINDY CITY GRIDIRON

Bears Sign Fifth-Round Draft Pick - Windy City Gridiron - Booker, a fifth-round pick, slipped in the draft and the Bears traded back in to snag him.

Chicago Bears roster recap and 53-man predictions - Windy City Gridiron - Join Mason’s Bear Bones LIVE at SIX (CT) for a 2024 schedule breakdown!

The schedule is set up perfectly for Caleb Williams and the Bears - Windy City Gridiron - Greg Gabriel thinks the NFL did the Bears a solid by setting the schedule up as it did.

West’s 21st Century Bears team: Caleb and the Clawettes! - Windy City Gridiron - Check out Mason West’s 21st Centrury Chicago Bears Fantasy Team!

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