2025 Chicago Bears season

2025 Chicago Bears season
Owner	The McCaskey Family
General manager	Ryan Poles
Head coach	Ben Johnson
Home field	Soldier Field

The 2025 season will be the Chicago Bears' 106th season in the National Football League (NFL), their fourth under the leadership of general manager Ryan Poles and the first under Ben Johnson. The Bears will attempt to improve on their 5–12 record from 2024, make the playoffs after a four-year absence, and end their six-year NFC North title drought.

Draft

Main article: 2025 NFL draft

2025 Chicago Bears Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	10
2	39				From Carolina
	41
3	72
4	TBD
5	TBD
6	TBD
7	TBD

Notes

• Exact numbers of the selections from rounds 4–7 will be determined when compensatory selections are awarded at the NFL's annual spring owners' meetings.

Staff

Chicago Bears staff

	Front office Principal owner – Virginia Halas McCaskey Chairman – George McCaskey President/CEO – Kevin Warren General manager – Ryan Poles Assistant general manager – Ian Cunningham Senior director of player personnel – Jeff King Director of player personnel – Trey Koziol Director of college scouting – Breck Ackley Director of pro scouting – DJ Hord Director of football administration – Matt Feinstein Head coaches Head coach – Ben Johnson Offensive coaches Interim offensive coordinator – Chris Beatty Quarterbacks – Kerry Joseph Running backs – Chad Morton Tight ends – Jim Dray Offensive line/offensive run game coordinator – Chris Morgan Assistant offensive line – Jason Houghtaling Offensive assistant (quarterbacks/wide receivers) – Ryan Griffin Offensive assistant (quarterbacks/wide receivers) – Robbie Picazo Offensive assistant (running backs) – Jennifer King Offensive quality control – Zach Cable			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Eric Washington Defensive line – Travis Smith Assistant defensive line – Brian Bing Linebackers – Dave Borgonzi Cornerbacks/defensive passing game coordinator – Jon Hoke Nickelbacks – David Overstreet II Safeties – Andre Curtis Defensive quality control – Kevin Koch Defensive quality control – Kenny Norton III Defensive analyst (advance/special projects) – Matt Pees Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Richard Hightower Assistant special teams – Carlos Polk Coaching administration Director of research and analysis – Harrison Freid Coaching administration manager – Chavis Cook Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – Jim Arthur Assistant strength and conditioning – Noble Landry Assistant strength and conditioning – Pierre Ngo → Coaching staff → Front office → More NFL staffs

Current roster

Chicago Bears roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 17 Tyson Bagent 18 Caleb Williams Running backs (RB) 23 Roschon Johnson  4 D'Andre Swift 33 Ian Wheeler Wide receivers (WR)  2 D. J. Moore 15 Rome Odunze 10 Tyler Scott Tight ends (TE) 14 Gerald Everett 85 Cole Kmet

Offensive linemen (OL) 72 Kiran Amegadjie RT 71 Ryan Bates C 70 Braxton Jones LT 58 Darnell Wright RT Defensive linemen (DL) 97 Andrew Billings DT 94 Austin Booker DE 99 Gervon Dexter DT 96 Zacch Pickens DT 90 Dominique Robinson DE 98 Montez Sweat DE 95 DeMarcus Walker DE

Linebackers (LB) 49 Tremaine Edmunds MLB 53 T. J. Edwards OLB 44 Noah Sewell OLB Defensive backs (DB)  9 Jaquan Brisker SS 31 Kevin Byard FS  6 Kyler Gordon CB 22 Elijah Hicks SS  1 Jaylon Johnson CB 36 Jonathan Owens SS 32 Terell Smith CB 29 Tyrique Stevenson CB Special teams  8 Cairo Santos K 19 Tory Taylor P

Reserve 62 Theo Benedet RT (Futures) 63 Chris Glaser G (Futures) 82 John Jackson WR (Futures) 50 Carl Jones Jr. OLB (Futures) 59 Jamree Kromah DE (Futures) -- Jordan Murray TE (Futures) 16 Austin Reed QB (Futures) 67 Ricky Stromberg C (Futures) 83 Samori Toure WR (Futures) 86 Joel Wilson TE (Futures) Impending free agents (FA) 13 Keenan Allen WR 75 Larry Borom LT 88 Stephen Carlson TE 11 DeAndre Carter WR 24 Adrian Colbert FS 93 Byron Cowart DT 73 Jake Curhan RT 46 Scott Daly LS 25 Darrynton Evans RB 20 Travis Homer RB 76 Teven Jenkins G 80 Collin Johnson WR 84 Marcedes Lewis TE 55 Jacob Martin DE 30 Tarvarius Moore FS 45 Amen Ogbongbemiga OLB 79 Matt Pryor G 48 Patrick Scales LS 65 Coleman Shelton C 52 Darrell Taylor DE 83 Nsimba Webster WR Restricted free agents (RFA) 39 Josh Blackwell CB 21 Jaylon Jones CB 68 Doug Kramer Jr. C 57 Jack Sanborn MLB 91 Chris Williams DT Exclusive-rights free agents (ERFA) 38 Douglas Coleman III SS 64 Jonathan Ford DT 92 Daniel Hardy DE 60 Bill Murray G 38 Ameer Speed CB As of January 10, 2025. Rookies in italics. 34 active, 10 reserve, 31 free agent(s) Roster Depth chart Transactions

Preseason

The Bears' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Regular season

2025 opponents

Listed below are the Bears' opponents for 2025. Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring.

Category	Home	Away
Division opponents (NFC North)	Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings
Conference opponents (NFC East)	Dallas Cowboys New York Giants	Philadelphia Eagles Washington Commanders
Conference opponents (based on 2024 division placement)	New Orleans Saints	San Francisco 49ers
Interconference opponents (AFC North)	Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers	Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals
Interconference opponent (based on 2024 division placement)	—	Las Vegas Raiders

External links

• Official website