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We know who the Bears will be playing, but we don't know yet exactly when those games will happen. The teams they'll face next season:
Home: New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings
Away: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New England Patriots, New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings
Now that we live in a world with Twitter, of course, these things have a tendency to leak out a bit early. We'll spend our day in this thread tracking rumors and reports, and we'll have an official schedule post for you when it comes from the mouth of the league itself.
Make sure to check back to Windy City Gridiron all day long, as we can't wait to get a taste of who we'll see when. and rest assured, we'll have some analysis of this schedule for you shortly.
EDIT - The schedule is starting to leak via Twitter
| Week | Day/Date | Time | Away | Home | Notes |
| 1 | Sun/Sep 7 | Noon | Buffalo Bills | Chicago Bears | Season Opener - CBS |
| 2 | Sun/Sep 14 | SNF | Chicago Bears | San Francisco 49ers | Open new SF stadium - NBC |
| 3 | Mon/Sep 22 | MNF | Chicago Bears | New York Jets | Gruden likes all of the things. - ESPN |
| 4 | Sun/Sep 28 | Noon | Green Bay Packers | Chicago Bears | FOX |
| 5 | Sun/Oct 5 | Noon | Chicago Bears | Carolina Panthers | FOX |
| 6 | Sun/Oct 12 | Noon | Chicago Bears | Atlanta Falcons | FOX |
| 7 | Sun/Oct 19 | Noon | Miami Dolphins | Chicago Bears | CBS |
| 8 | Sun/Oct 26 | Noon | Chicago Bears | New England Patriots | FOX |
| 9 | BYE | ||||
| 10 | Sun/Nov 9 | SNF | Chicago Bears | Green Bay Packers | |
| 11 | Sun/Nov 16 | Noon | Minnesota Vikings | Chicago Bears | |
| 12 | Sun/Nov 23 | Noon | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Chicago Bears | |
| 13 | Thu/Nov 27 | Noon | Chicago Bears | Detroit Lions | Thanksgiving |
| 14 | Thu/Dec 4 | TNF | Dallas Cowboys | Chicago Bears | |
| 15 | Mon/Dec 15 | MNF | New Orleans Saints | Chicago Bears | Gruden likes all of the things. - ESPN |
| 16 | Sun/Dec 21 | Noon | Detroit Lions | Chicago Bears | |
| 17 | Sun/Dec 28 | Noon | Chicago Bears | Minnesota Vikings |