Who will stake the claim to the division, and can the Bears compete with the other three teams? Here are all the odds for each team in the NFC North and our best bets.

Benedet winning the starting job would be one of the biggest upsets in recent Bears training camp history. An undrafted rookie out of Canada a year ago, Benedet hurt his hamstring in the Hall of Fame Game and eventually spent the season on the practice squad.

Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson and his wife, Jessica, in March paid $3.25 million for a six-bedroom, 6,227-square-foot mansion in Lake Forest, not far from the Bears’ Halas Hall headquarters

Meanwhile, head coach Ben Johnson confirmed Tuesday that his first-teamers will play in the final practice game on Friday in Kansas City.

Starter D’Andre Swift was a healthy scratch Sunday. Second-stringer Roschon Johnson, third-stringer Travis Homer and rookie Kyle Monangai all sat out with injuries. The Bears planned to lean on Deion Hankins, only he was hurt while reaching for a Caleb Williams pass in the fourth quarter.

Have you heard about the Chicago Bears lately? It’s seemingly all anyone is talking about in the lead-up to the 2025-26 NFL season. A 38-0 preseason beatdown of the Buffalo Bills has skyrocketed anticipation to see the Bears when games matter, and even the most cynical of football analysts are starting to buy into the hype.

HBO's "Hard Knocks" caught a great moment between Bills LT Dion Dawkins and Bears DE Austin Booker in last week's joint practice.

The Chicago Bears could use a reliable power back in their offense, and one new trade projection suggests a deal would make sense.