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Rough schedule overall. Division is probably the toughest in the NFL, and anything better than 1-5 will be surprising. This team could be quite improved and still go no better than 7-9.
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RustyTrubisky wrote:
Richie wrote:I don't understand how that's a tough schedule. Getting a little tired of hearing that every single season. Our division is tough. We're going to have it a bit rougher than a lot of teams in that regard. However, playing the AFC East and NFC west is NOT some daunting task.

If I had to hand-pick one division from each conference. Those might be it. Although, you could argue NFC east without a doubt.

With the AFCE, you obviously get New England... but outside of that? You get three winnable games. Everyone outside of LA in the west is very winnable. SF could be good, but it's a total question mark. Seattle should easily take a step back. We also get them at home, which is a lot better. Arizona is in rebuild mode.

Then we have two winnable extra NFC games home vs TB and road vs NYG. I mean, come on... This just isn't that bad guys. Let's also keep in mind, our two toughest games outside of the division (LA/NE) are both at home. Which lessens the blow.

Especially the way it is structured. Yeah, you have 4 of your last 6 on the road. However, also a nice home-stretch in the middle. The first 11 weeks or so, though. Yeah, NE and GB is tough... but I think we have a GREAT chance of starting out hot. AZ/TB is a super winnable stretch. If we can just split SEA/GB - we could be 3-1 into the bye.

Then, the AFC East and home vs Detroit out of that bye. I just don't see where this is that bad. I think some of you are asking for way too much here.
actually i can say 100% seriously, since you're new here, that this is maybe the most optimistic i've ever seen a schedule thread. if our schedule was just the browns 16 times people would still be planning on us getting the number one pick next year.
Haha. Fair enough. First time I've been around for the schedule release here.
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I don't like the early season bye week, but other than I'm ok with this
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I'm headed to the opener in Green Bay . . . purchased my tickets last night! Anyone have useful info for a first timer to GB?
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Nanky wrote:I'm headed to the opener in Green Bay . . . purchased my tickets last night! Anyone have useful info for a first timer to GB?
Be prepared to be underwhelmed. It's just kind of a town. Milwaukee is infinitely more awesome. By leaps and bounds.
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Nanky wrote:I'm headed to the opener in Green Bay . . . purchased my tickets last night! Anyone have useful info for a first timer to GB?
Be prepared to be underwhelmed. It's just kind of a town. Milwaukee is infinitely more awesome. By leaps and bounds.
Do they have a bunch of tailgating before game at the field . . . anything like that?
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Nanky wrote:I'm headed to the opener in Green Bay . . . purchased my tickets last night! Anyone have useful info for a first timer to GB?
If you hear banjos, paddle faster. :D

Green Bay is actually a small town of about 100k people. Looks and feels like one. Not much "happening" as it were. If you're a sportsman type, there's loads of that sort of thing available not far from it at all.

Packers HoF and Lambeau tour are both worthwhile. You'll take no small amount of grief when (not IF) you wear your Bears stuff, but still, history is history. There's like a railroad museum up there too, I think.
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Nanky wrote:
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Nanky wrote:I'm headed to the opener in Green Bay . . . purchased my tickets last night! Anyone have useful info for a first timer to GB?
Be prepared to be underwhelmed. It's just kind of a town. Milwaukee is infinitely more awesome. By leaps and bounds.
Do they have a bunch of tailgating before game at the field . . . anything like that?
Oh. I have no idea - never been to a game up there, only visited a couple times over the years during the offseason. Football is all they have there, so I imagine their tailgaiting experience should be solid.

http://www.packers.com/gameday/gameday-information.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This page has a good amount of info on their setup.
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Sports bars. Lots and lots of sports bars. That's...... about it.
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Nanky wrote:I'm headed to the opener in Green Bay . . . purchased my tickets last night! Anyone have useful info for a first timer to GB?
I went to a game at Lambeau about 3 years ago. If you've been to a game at Soldier, it's a really different kind of experience. Lambeau is in the middle of town. We had a friend of ours drop us off about 3/4 mile from the stadium and just walked there. That worked out pretty well and I'd recommend that if you can make it happen as traffic is nuts approaching and immediately after game time.

They do the tailgate thing at the stadium. Many people sit in their yards tailgating around the stadium, too. They have little pop up places where you can get a sandwich and a beer right by the stadium instead of having to haul a grill out there. We did that and I'd recommend it.

It's kinda interesting to be surrounded by houses where you can just walk down the a residential street a block from the stadium. I was in my Mike Brown #30 jersey and one drunk guy in the neighborhood came marching down his driveway toward me after the game, but his 2 buddies drug him back.

I'd say I was pleasantly surprised that I was treated reasonably well by the fans there. Of course they tossed comments at me, but you expect that. Nobody touched me, spit on me or threw beer on me. Nothing like that. I laughed with the people who gave me grief and almost every time it was a respectful exchange.

Hope you have fun! :)
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I have had a few buddies go to games in GB and said they were treated rather well. The caught grief but in a good natured way and when the Bears are a losing team (when they) what is there to say. they were offered food from the GB tailgaters and groups of Pack and Bears fans partied next to each other and got along. They had a great time.

I have been to Soldier Field about 5x and the opposing teams fans are treated much worse in Chicago.

Tailgated in St Louis and that was a blast. Good fans and always had a good back and forth.
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Bears fans travel well too. Ive been to bears road games in san diego and arizona and bears fans legitimately appeared to outnumber the home fans in tailgating and in the stadium by quite a margin.
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I know myself and 3 other Bears fans will be in Miami on 10/14!
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I hope everyone in the Chicago area is thinking about going to training camp this year. I am and if some of us are there the same day....................
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Mikefive wrote:I hope everyone in the Chicago area is thinking about going to training camp this year. I am and if some of us are there the same day....................
I go every single year... wouldn't mind meeting up with some of ya'll!
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Mikefive wrote:I hope everyone in the Chicago area is thinking about going to training camp this year. I am and if some of us are there the same day....................
I go every single year... wouldn't mind meeting up with some of ya'll!
I’ll be going as well.
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Haven't been to training camp since the Platteville days.
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Would love to..but 1700 miles is a long commute..
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somebody on the bears reddit page made a pretty cool collection of 2018 schedule desktop / wallpaper / background things for anyone interested:

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Otis Day wrote:I have had a few buddies go to games in GB and said they were treated rather well. The caught grief but in a good natured way and when the Bears are a losing team (when they) what is there to say. they were offered food from the GB tailgaters and groups of Pack and Bears fans partied next to each other and got along. They had a great time.

I have been to Soldier Field about 5x and the opposing teams fans are treated much worse in Chicago.

Tailgated in St Louis and that was a blast. Good fans and always had a good back and forth.
Green Bay fans are honestly great. Never been treated so well. I went to the game in 2014 where we got utterly embarrassed too and I only got shit ONCE. On the way out and it wasn't even bad.

Their fans invited my friends and I into their tailgate. It was awesome.
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Richie wrote:
Otis Day wrote:I have had a few buddies go to games in GB and said they were treated rather well. The caught grief but in a good natured way and when the Bears are a losing team (when they) what is there to say. they were offered food from the GB tailgaters and groups of Pack and Bears fans partied next to each other and got along. They had a great time.

I have been to Soldier Field about 5x and the opposing teams fans are treated much worse in Chicago.

Tailgated in St Louis and that was a blast. Good fans and always had a good back and forth.
Green Bay fans are honestly great. Never been treated so well. I went to the game in 2014 where we got utterly embarrassed too and I only got shit ONCE. On the way out and it wasn't even bad.

Their fans invited my friends and I into their tailgate. It was awesome.
This is the truth. Say what you want about the Packers as a team...we have to hate them. But overall their fans are pretty good people. Based on my experience going to many many games in Chicago, Bears fans are pretty middle of the road when it comes to how they treat opposing teams fans.

Cowboys fans are also pretty hospitable.
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The one game I went to in Lambo in 2003 ish they where not as hospitable as you say. Maybe it's because the Bears were up at half. (If Roosevelt Williams wasn't so slow he would have sealed the game with a pick 6 before half) Packer fans threw beer at me. Bears end up losing, and I heard about it from every fan walking out.

To be fair I had a blast though.
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Howdi all, 2nd post of what I hope will be many. I hope the Bears have a greatbseason and make the playoffs. GO BEARS!!!
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I'm still going to maintain that I don't think this is a playoff team in 2018 - not because we don't have talent - I just think we have a lot of young, inexperienced talent that hasn't been battle tested and we are in a really tough division. I think we win 2 division games and win 5 non-division games - 7-9 is my prediction.

I do think we'll be in playoff contention with another offseason and the 2nd year in Nagy's offense in 2019.
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being a habitual Kool Aid abuser, I'm going with 10-6 and the Bears as a surprise Wild Card team

as someone else noted in a different thread, Chase Daniels running the offense led an effective offense against KC's starters ... and KC is pretty good, so that was a legitimate litmus test in my opinion

I'm ready to see Trubisky rock and roll in 2018

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According to recent prognostications, the Bears have a much more favorable schedule than I thought when I first saw it (except for the Bye, which is not only too early, but badly placed to interrupt a winning streak). I currently have the Bears ranked #20, yet I have them winning a solid 8 games: 2.4 in the division and 5.6 outside.

The highest I've seen the Bears ranked is #16 by Walterfootball which makes a point of calling the Bears underrated. At 16, I have the Bears with 9 wins: 2.8 in the division and 6.2 outside.
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