| Team: | Chicago Bears |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Record: | 0–0 |
| Coach: | Matt Eberflus |
| General Manager: | Ryan Poles |
| Owner: | The McCaskey Family |
| Stadium: | Soldier Field |
| Shortnavlink: | Bears seasons |
The 2024 season is the Chicago Bears' 105th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their third under the head coach/general manager tandem of Matt Eberflus and Ryan Poles. The team will be featured during the training camp edition of the HBO show Hard Knocks.[1]
On January 10, 2024, the Bears announced that they fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy and four others offensive assistants. On January 23, 2024, Shane Waldron was hired as the new offensive coordinator,[2] while Kerry Joseph was announced as the Quarterbacks coach three days later.[3] On January 27, 2024, Eric Washington was named the defensive coordinator.[4]
On February 21, 2024, the Bears announced the hiring of additional six coaches: offensive passing game coordinator Thomas Brown, running backs coach Chad Morton, receivers coach Chris Beatty, assistant offensive line coach Jason Houghtaling, assistant quarterbacks and receivers coach Robbie Picazo and assistant running backs coach Jennifer King.[5] King would make history, as the first female coach in Bears history.[6] Chavis Cook was hired as the coaching administration manager. On February 23, the Bears added Ryan Griffin as assistant quarterbacks and receivers coach and Bryan Bing as assistant defensive line coach.[7] On February 26, Matt Pees was added as defensive analyst-advance/special projects.[8]
In addition, three other coaches were promoted: Offensive line coach Chris Morgan promoted to run game coordinator; assistant defensive backs coach, David Overstreet II to Nickelbacks coach and administrative coaching assistant, Kenny Norton III to defensive quality control coach.
| Coach | Position | Reason left | Replacement(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Stein | Senior vice president/general counsel | Fired[9] | - | |
| Coaching chief of staff | Accepted job at the University of Michigan[10] | Chavis Cook (Coaching administration manager) | ||
| Offensive coordinator | Fired[11] (Later accepted job with Las Vegas Raiders) | Shane Waldron | ||
| Defensive coordinator | Resigned mid-season | Eric Washington | ||
| Passing game coordinator/ wide receivers coach | Fired (Later accepted job with Tennessee Titans) | Thomas Brown (Passing game coordinator) | ||
| Chris Beatty (Wide receivers coach) | ||||
| Senior defensive analyst | Contract expired | Matt Pees (Defensive analyst-advance/special projects) | ||
| Quarterbacks coach | Fired (Later accepted job with New Orleans Saints) | |||
| Omar Young | Interim running backs coach/ assistant quarterbacks coach | Fired | Chad Morton (Running backs coach) | |
| Robbie Picazo & Ryan Griffin (Assistant quarterbacks/wide receivers) | ||||
| Assistant offensive line coach | Accepted job with Las Vegas Raiders[12] | Jason Houghtaling | ||
| Tim Zetts | Assistant tight ends coach | Fired | - | |
| Assistant running backs | Jennifer King | |||
| Assistant defensive line | Accepted job with the Seattle Seahawks[13] | Bryan Bing | ||
The Bears added six coaches from the NFL's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship Program: Michael Bellamy II (assistant wide receivers/senior offensive analyst/special teams assistant, Howard), Stefon Wheeler (run game coordinator/offensive line coach, Yale), Angela Rowe (head flag football coach, Huntingdon College), Michael Bearden (assistant wide receivers graduate assistant, Notre Dame), Yosef Fares (head coach, Justin Garza High School) and Anthony Blevins (defensive assistant, Birmingham Stallions).[14]
| Position | Player | 2024 team | Date signed | Contract | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLB | Dylan Cole | UFA | ||||
| OG | Dan Feeney | UFA | Minnesota Vikings | March 15, 2024[15] | 1 year, $3.5 million | |
| RB | D'Onta Foreman | UFA | Cleveland Browns | March 20, 2024[16] | 1 year, $1.125 million | |
| DE | Rasheem Green | UFA | ||||
| CB | Jaylon Johnson | UFA | Chicago Bears | March 11, 2024[17] | 4 year, $76 million | |
| DT | Justin Jones | UFA | Arizona Cardinals | March 14, 2024[18] | 3 year, $30 million | |
| TE | Marcedes Lewis | UFA | Chicago Bears | June 9, 2024[19] | 1 year, TBA | |
| WR | Darnell Mooney | UFA | Atlanta Falcons | March 15, 2024[20] | 3 year, $39 million | |
| DE | Yannick Ngakoue | UFA | ||||
| C | Lucas Patrick | UFA | New Orleans Saints | May 12, 2024 | 1 year, minimum | |
| QB | Nathan Peterman | UFA | New Orleans Saints | March 18, 2024[21] | 1 year, minimum | |
| LS | Patrick Scales | UFA | Chicago Bears | March 10, 2024[22] | 1 year, $1 million | |
| WR | Equanimeous St. Brown | UFA | New Orleans Saints | April 12, 2024[23] | 1 year, TBA | |
| CB | Greg Stroman | UFA | Chicago Bears | 1 year, minimum | ||
| WR/PR | Trent Taylor | UFA | San Francisco 49ers | April 16, 2024[24] | 1 year, TBA | |
| TE | Robert Tonyan | UFA | Minnesota Vikings | May 16, 2024[25] | 1 year, TBA | |
| WR | Collin Johnson | RFA | Chicago Bears | March 8, 2024[26] | 1 year, minimum | |
| CB | Josh Blackwell | ERFA | Chicago Bears | March 13, 2024 | 1 year, minimum | |
| WR | Joe Reed | ERFA | ||||
RFA: Restricted free agent, UFA: Unrestricted free agent, ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent
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| Position | Player | Previous team | Date signed | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FS | March 8, 2024[27] | 1 year, minimum | ||
| FS | March 10, 2024[28] | 2 year, $15 million | ||
| RB | March 13, 2024[29] | 3 year, $24 million | ||
| TE | March 13, 2024[30] | 2 year, $12 million | ||
| SS | March 13, 2024[31] | 2 year, $4.5 million | ||
| OT | March 13, 2024[32] | 1 year, $1 million | ||
| QB | March 13, 2024[33] | 1 year, minimum | ||
| LB | March 14, 2024[34] | 1 year, $2.1 million | ||
| C | March 15, 2024[35] | 1 year, $3.5 million | ||
| WR | - | March 15, 2024[36] | 1 year, minimum | |
| DE | March 16, 2024[37] | 1 year, minimum | ||
| OT | March 18, 2024[38] | 1 year, minimum | ||
| DE | March 18, 2024[39] | 1 year, minimum | ||
The Bears signed the following players to reserve/future contracts: Micah Baskerville (LB), Stephen Carlson (TE), Jerome Carvin (G), Adrian Colbert (FS), Douglas Coleman III (SS), Aviante Collins (T), Michael Dwumfour (DT), Daniel Hardy (DE), Khalid Kareem (DE), Doug Kramer (C), Cameron Lyons (LS), Roy Mbaeteka (T), Bill Murray (G), Corliss Waitman (P) and Nsimba Webster (WR).[40] [41] Mbaeteka was later released.[42]
| Position | Player | Previous team | Date | Traded away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G/C | March 13, 2024[43] | 2024 fifth-round selection | ||
| WR | March 14, 2024[44] | 2024 fourth-round selection | ||
| Position | Player | Reason | Date | 2024 team | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FS | Eddie Jackson | Released | February 15, 2024 | ||
| G | Cody Whitehair | Released | February 15, 2024 | Las Vegas Raiders | |
| QB | Justin Fields | Traded | March 16, 2024[45] | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bears received conditional 2025 sixth-round selection |
See main article: 2024 NFL draft.
| Round | Selection | Player | Position | College | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caleb Williams | QB | USC | From Carolina | ||
| 9 | ||||||
| 2 | 40 | Traded to the Washington Commanders | ||||
| 3 | 75 | Kiran Amegadjie | ||||
| 4 | 110 | Traded to the Los Angeles Chargers | ||||
| 4 | 122 | From Philadelphia | ||||
| 5 | 144 | |||||
| 6 | 184 | Traded to the Miami Dolphins | ||||
| 7 | 231 | Traded to the New England Patriots | ||||
Draft trades
| Name | Position | College | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brenden Bates | TE | Kentucky | [46] |
| Theo Benedet | OT | UBC | |
| Carl Jones Jr. | LB | UCLA | |
| Jamree Kromah | DE | James Madison | |
| Peter LeBlanc | WR | Louisiana | |
| Keith Randolph Jr. | DT | Illinois | |
| Austin Reed | QB | Western Kentucky | |
| Reddy Steward | CB | Troy | |
| Ian Wheeler | RB | Howard |
The following unsigned undrafted free agents participated in the Bears Rookie Minicamp from May 9 to 11: LB Brian Abraham, Albany; OT Noah Atagi, Weber State; RB T.D. Ayo-Durojaiye, Villanova; DB Travian Blaylock, Wisconsin; DB Russell Dandy, Eastern Illinois; DT Mark Ho Ching, Northern Arizona; WR John Jackson, USC; DB Patrick Jolly, Abilene Christian; DB Leon Jones, Arkansas State; DT Dashaun Mallory, Arizona State; S Samuel Matthews, Texas A&M; DE John McCartan, Oregon State; LB Rich Miller Jr., Kansas; LB Paul Moala, Georgia Tech; WR R.J. Mobley, Winston-Salem; DB Decorian Patterson, UCF; DB Kendarin Ray, Tulsa; WR Marcus Rogers, Troy; OG David Satkowski, Stonehill; TE Geor'quarius Spivey, Mississippi State; OG Kameron Stutts, Auburn; OG Donald Ventrelli, North Dakota; TE Shelton Zeon, UNLV.[47] Jackson, Jones, Mallory and Moala would later signed with the team.[48]
On March 26, the NFL announced that the Bears will play the Houston Texans in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on Thursday, August 1, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, at 7:00 p.m. CDT.[49] The Bears will be represented by Devin Hester, Steve McMichael and Julius Peppers. The two teams will also meet in Week 2 of the regular season in Houston.
| Week | Date | Time () | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | TV | Recap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOF | 7:00 p.m. | vs. Houston Texans | W 21–17 | 1–0 | Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium | ESPN/ABC | Recap | ||
| 1 | 12:00 p.m. | at Buffalo Bills | W 33–6 | 2–0 | Highmark Stadium | WFLD/NFLN | Recap | ||
| 2 | 12:00 p.m. | Cincinnati Bengals | W 27–3 | 3–0 | Soldier Field | WFLD/NFLN | Recap | ||
| 3 | 7:20 p.m. | at Kansas City Chiefs | Arrowhead Stadium | WFLD/NFLN |
Due to lightning in the area, the game was called during the third quarter and the Bears were declared the winners.
| Week | Date | Time () | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | TV | Recap | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 8 | 12:00 p.m. | Tennessee Titans | Soldier Field | Fox | |||||
| 2 | September 15 | 7:20 p.m. | at Houston Texans | NRG Stadium | NBC | |||||
| 3 | September 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at Indianapolis Colts | Lucas Oil Stadium | CBS | |||||
| 4 | September 29 | 12:00 p.m. | Los Angeles Rams | Soldier Field | Fox | |||||
| 5 | October 6 | 12:00 p.m. | Carolina Panthers | Soldier Field | Fox | |||||
| 6 | October 13 | 8:30 a.m. | Jacksonville Jaguars | NFLN | ||||||
| 7 | Bye | |||||||||
| 8 | October 27 | 12:00 p.m. | at Washington Commanders | Commanders Field | CBS | |||||
| 9 | November 3 | 3:05 p.m. | at Arizona Cardinals | State Farm Stadium | CBS | |||||
| 10 | November 10 | 12:00 p.m. | New England Patriots | Soldier Field | Fox | |||||
| 11 | November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | Green Bay Packers | Soldier Field | Fox | |||||
| 12 | November 24 | 12:00 p.m. | Minnesota Vikings | Soldier Field | Fox | |||||
| 13 | November 28 | 11:30 a.m. | at Detroit Lions | Ford Field | CBS | |||||
| 14 | December 8 | 3:25 p.m. | at San Francisco 49ers | Levi's Stadium | Fox | |||||
| 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at Minnesota Vikings | U.S. Bank Stadium | ABC | ||||||
| 16 | December 22 | 12:00 p.m. | Detroit Lions | Soldier Field | Fox | |||||
| 17 | 7:15 p.m. | Seattle Seahawks | Soldier Field | Prime Video | ||||||
| 18 | January 4/5 | at Green Bay Packers | Lambeau Field | |||||||
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