Chicago Bears’ Biggest Improvements Heading Into 2025
The Bears had an aggressive approach to their offseason. Let’s take a look at where they improved the most heading into 2025.
The Chicago Bears added talent on both sides of the ball in the offseason and are projected to be much better than the previous year. It’s about time we look and see the Chicago Bears’ biggest improvements heading into 2025.
Chicago Bears’ Biggest Improvements Heading Into 2025
As most fans and analysts would agree, the Bears got a MAJOR upgrade in the coaching department. They went from Matt Eberflus to Ben Johnson. Eberflus was fired after the Thanksgiving Day game against the Detroit Lions and had an underwhelming 14-32 record as the Bears’ head coach.
Ben Johnson was easily the hottest name on the market and the Bears landed their big fish. Johnson spent the last few years as the offensive coordinator and play caller of the Detroit Lions. They were putting together very productive seasons with him at the helm and now he gets to try and correct the course for the Bears organization that has been lacking in the offensive department for quite some time.
They also added former Saints head coach Dennis Allen to be their defensive coordinator. Allen is at worst a lateral move from Eberflus as the defensive play caller, but at best can be a top defensive coordinator in the entire league. The Chiefs and Eagles met in the Super Bowl last year and each had a defensive coordinator that was a failed head coach in Vic Fangio and Steve Spagnuolo. Sometimes all a team needs is an offensive mastermind head coach, and an absolute maniac to handle the defensive side. The Bears might have done that with Johnson and Allen.
Trenches, Trenches, Trenches
Just like Eberflus, the Bears’ offensive and defensive lines were not great the last couple of years. Focusing on mainly offense, the Bears went from Tevin Jenkins, Coleman Shelton, and Nate Davis to Joe Thuney, Drew Dalman, and Jonah Jackson. This is the biggest overhaul for a single unit in the entire league.
Defensively, the Bears kept mainly the same guys to headline their group. Andrew Billings, Montez Sweat, and Gervon Dexter are all still there and look to build on solid 2024 campaign. The one thing that hurt the Bears the most was their depth. When Billings went down with an injury against the Cardinals, they didn’t have the depth to replace his production and impact. Now, the can deploy a very deep unit of Sweat, Billings, Dexter, Grady Jarrett, Shemar Turner, and Dayo Odeyingbo.
