With the Bears finishing second in the NFC North after a 35-16 loss to the Packers in Week 17, their 2021 opponents have been finalized.
As usual, the Bears will play six games in the division. They’ll also play the entire NFC West and AFC North, plus the same-place finishers in the NFC East and South.
Here’s who they’ll face:
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The NFL is likely to add a 17th game next season, which would add one more matchup to the list.
This will be the Bears’ first trips to Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Tampa since 2017. They’ve beaten the Browns and Steelers three times in a row, with their lost loss to each team coming in 2005.
It will be their fourth consecutive season facing the Giants and the Rams. They visited the Rams each of the last two seasons.
Each team’s opponents are predetermined by the NFL’s scheduling rotation, and the league typically announces dates and times in the spring. Schedules were released in May last year.
