The Bears coaching staff has laid out their goals for quarterback Caleb Williams during training camp and preseason in hopes that it translates on the field for the 2025 season.

Teams ran all over the Bears’ defensive front as they fell in yards allowed per rush from fifth to 29th. ... They had given up 18.7 points a game even with their terrible performance in Arizona.

The Bears signed Byard to a two-year, $15 million deal last offseason, and he was one of the more reliable members of the defense, posting a career-high 130 total tackles, becoming the first Bears ...

Defensive tackle Andrew Billings is entering the final year of the two-year, $8 million extension he signed with the Chicago Bears in 2023. “Big Bill,” as he’s known in and around Halas Hall ...

But even with Odeyingbo and Montez Sweat in place as Chicago's primary pass rushers, another edge defender was labeled as the team's non-starter to know ahead of the 2025 NFL season by ESPN: second-year pro, Austin Booker.

Bears focus for the coming season must be immediate and intense when it comes to their offense, but the horizon appears murky in some ways on defense.. Contract situations come into play here, as ...

Chicago Bears defensive back Jaquan Brisker, right, talks with defensive back Major Burns during NFL football practice at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y ...

Grok has the Bears opening the season with a home win over the division-rival Vikings, where Caleb Williams thrives and Chicago's defense makes things rough on J.J. McCarthy.