Despite loads of hypothesis, the Chicago Bears won’t open the 2026 season on the street towards the reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. According to NFL insider Jordan Schultz, the Seahawks will battle the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl rematch on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.
Bears-Seahawks was a matchup that is been lengthy theorized by NFL analysts and followers alike given the trajectory of each groups. The Seahawks are coming off a Super Bowl win whereas the Bears had been one of many NFL’s most fun tales final season, going from worst to first, profitable the NFC North and offering a number of the most thrilling fourth-quarter finishes in 2025.
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As for potential storylines heading into the Week 1 matchup, new Bears security Coby Bryant would’ve confronted off towards his former Seahawks staff after electing to affix Chicago regardless of reported curiosity from Seattle bringing him again. Then there’s the Caleb Williams of all of it, because the third-year quarterback has been a human spotlight reel, and he’ll ultimately must face the Seahawks’ dominant protection.
Typically, the NFL Kickoff Game takes place on Thursday, however given the worldwide matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers on Thursday in Australia, the league is kicking issues off a day earlier and offering 4 thrilling days of soccer to kick off the 2026 season.
The NFL will reveal the 2026 schedule on Thursday evening, so we nonetheless do not know who the Bears will play in Week 1. Follow our Bears schedule release tracker for the newest.
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