CBS analyst Charles Davis had a lot to say about Bears rookie receiver Luther Burden and what he brings to the offense.

Running back Kyle Monangai, the Chicago Bears’ seventh-round pick this year, knows his film includes highlights of linebacker Ruben Hyppolite II, a new teammate from Maryland. They simply played against each other a lot in the Big Ten.

Here are our takeaways and key games to know from the completed Bears 2025 schedule that was released Wednesday evening.

The NBA draft lottery once again produced straight-up drama and intrigue this week, with the Dallas Mavericks defying astronomical odds to land the No. 1 overall pick. That got us thinking about the NFL’s draft system that simply rewards the league’s worst teams without any wrinkles.

The schedule-makers aren’t treating the 2025 Chicago Bears like a team with a new head coach and an unproven quarterback coming off a 5-12 season. Ben Johnson, Caleb Williams and company will be in a standalone spot on television five times this season,

The place where you grow up can shape you as surely as a chisel shapes wood. Chicago Bears first-round draft pick Colston Loveland most assuredly was shaped in Gooding, Idaho.

ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter shared a significant update about the Chicago Bears' main goal for the 2025 season.