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2024 Chicago Bears season
OwnerThe McCaskey Family
General managerRyan Poles
Head coachMatt Eberflus
Home fieldSoldier Field

The 2024 season will be the Chicago Bears' 105th season in the National Football League and their third under the head coach/general manager tandem of Matt Eberflus and Ryan Poles.

Offseason

Free agents

Position Player Tag 2024 team Date signed Contract
OLB Dylan Cole UFA
OG Dan Feeney UFA
RB D'Onta Foreman UFA
DE Rasheem Green UFA
CB Jaylon Johnson UFA
DT Justin Jones UFA
TE Marcedes Lewis UFA
WR Darnell Mooney UFA
DE Yannick Ngakoue UFA
G/C Lucas Patrick UFA
QB Nathan Peterman UFA
LS Patrick Scales UFA
WR Equanimeous St. Brown UFA
CB Greg Stroman UFA
WR/PR Trent Taylor UFA
TE Robert Tonyan UFA
WR Collin Johnson RFA
CB Josh Blackwell ERFA
WR Joe Reed ERFA

Signings

Reserve/future contracts

The Bears signed the following players to reserve/future contracts: Micah Baskerville (LB), Stephen Carlson (TE), Jerome Carvin (G), Adrian Colbert (FS), Douglas Coleman (SS), Aviante Collins (T), Michael Dwumfour (DT), Daniel Hardy (DE), Khalid Kareem (DE), Doug Kramer (C), Cameron Lyons (LS), Roy Mbaeteka (T), Bill Murray (G), Corliss Waitman (P) and Nsimba Webster (WR).

Players lost

Position Player Reason Date 2024 team Contract
FS Eddie Jackson Released February 15, 2024
G Cody Whitehair Released February 15, 2024

Draft

Main article: 2024 NFL Draft
2024 Chicago Bears Draft
Round Selection Player Position College Notes
1 1 From Carolina[A]
9
2 40 Traded to the Washington Commanders[B]
3 75
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.

Draft trades

  1. ^ The Bears traded a 2023 first-round selection (1st overall) to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for a 2024 first-round selection (1st overall), wide receiver D. J. Moore, 2023 first and second-round selections (9th and 61st overall), and a 2025 second-round selection.[1]
  2. ^ The Bears traded a second-round selection to Washington in exchange for DE Montez Sweat.[2]

Staff

Staff changes

On January 10, 2024, the Bears announced that they fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy and four others offensive assistants. On January 23, 2024, Shane Waldron was hired as the new offensive coordinator,[3] while Kerry Joseph was announced as the Quarterbacks coach three days later.[4] On January 27, 2024, Eric Washington was named the defensive coordinator.[5]

On February 21, 2024, the Bears announced the hiring of additional six coaches: offensive passing game coordinator Thomas Brown, running backs coach Chad Morton, receivers coach Chris Beatty, assistant offensive line coach Jason Houghtaling, assistant quarterbacks and receivers coach Robbie Picazo and assistant running backs coach Jennifer King.[6] King would make history, as the first female coach in Bears history.[7] Chavis Cook was hired as the coaching administration manager. On February 23, the Bears added Ryan Griffin as assistant quarterbacks and receivers coach and Bryan Bing as assistant defensive line coach.[8] On February 26, Matt Pees was added as defensive analyst.[9]

In addition, three other coaches were promoted: Offensive line coach Chris Morgan promoted to run game coordinator; assistant defensive backs coach, David Overstreet II to Nickelbacks coach and administrative coaching assistant, Kenny Norton III to defensive quality control coach.

Chicago Bears Staff Changes
Coach Position Reason left Replacement(s)
Cliff Stein Senior vice president/general counsel Fired[10] -
Sean Magee Chief of staff Accepted job at the University of Michigan[11] Chavis Cook
(Coaching administration manager)
Luke Getsy Offensive coordinator Fired[12]
(Later accepted job with the Las Vegas Raiders)		 Shane Waldron
Alan Williams Defensive coordinator Resigned mid-season Eric Washington
Tyke Tolbert Passing game coordinator/
wide receivers coach		 Fired[12]
(Later accepted job with the Tennessee Titans)		 Thomas Brown
(Passing game coordinator)
Chris Beatty
(Wide receivers coach)
Phil Snow Senior defensive analyst Contract expired Matt Pees
(Defensive analyst)
Andrew Janocko Quarterbacks coach Fired[12]
(Later accepted job with the New Orleans Saints)		 Kerry Joseph
Omar Young Interim running backs coach/
assistant quarterbacks coach		 Fired[12] Chad Morton
(Running backs coach)
Robbie Picazo & Ryan Griffin
(Assistant quarterbacks/wide receivers)
Luke Steckel Assistant offensive line coach Accepted job with the Las Vegas Raiders[13] Jason Houghtaling
Tim Zetts Assistant tight ends coach Fired[12] -
Assistant running backs Jennifer King
Justin Hinds Assistant defensive line Accepted job with the Seattle Seahawks[14] Bryan Bing

2024 Staff

Chicago Bears staff
Front office
  • Secretary of the board of directors – 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
  • Director of football analytics – Krithi Chandrakasan
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
  
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
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

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Current roster

Chicago Bears roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad

Reserve


As of November 13, 2024. Rookies in italics.

53 active, 7 reserve, 16 practice squad (+2 exempt)

Preseason

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

Regular season

2024 opponents

Listed below are the Bears' opponents for 2024. Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring.[15]
The Bears will also host one of their home games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, as part of the NFL International Series.[16]

Category Home Away
Division opponents
(NFC North)		 Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
Conference opponents
(NFC West)		 Los Angeles Rams
Seattle Seahawks		 Arizona Cardinals
San Francisco 49ers
Conference opponents
(based on 2023 division placement)		 Carolina Panthers Washington Commanders
Interconference opponents
(AFC South)		 Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans		 Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Interconference opponent
(based on 2023 division placement)		 New England Patriots —

References

  1. ^ "Bears secure No. 1 pick in 2024 NFL Draft". ChicagoBears.com. December 31, 2023. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  2. ^ "Roster Move: Bears trade for DE Montez Sweat". ChicagoBears.com. October 31, 2023. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  3. ^ Hajduk, Gabby (January 23, 2024). "Bears hire Shane Waldron as offensive coordinator". Chicago Bears. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  4. ^ Hajduk, Gabby. "Bears hire Kerry Joseph as quarterbacks coach". ChicagoBears.com. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  5. ^ Mayer, Larry. "Bears hire Eric Washington as defensive coordinator". ChicagoBears.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  6. ^ Mayer, Larry. "Matt Eberflus finalizes Bears coaching staff". ChicagoBears.com. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  7. ^ Mayer, Larry. "Jennifer King makes history as Bears' first female coach". ChicagoBears.com. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Bears hire assistant coaches Griffin, Bing". ChicagoBears.com.
  9. ^ "Bears add Matt Pees as defensive analyst". ChicagoBears.com.
  10. ^ "Chicago Bears part ways with senior VP and general counsel Cliff Stein after nearly 22 years with the organization". Yahoo.
  11. ^ "'Huge hire' — How Sherrone Moore got Sean Magee back to Ann Arbor as G.M." On3.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Bears fire offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, four offensive assistants". NFL.
  13. ^ "Raiders add former NFL head coach as offensive assistant". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  14. ^ "Justin Hinds will be the Seahawks' defensive line coach". NBC Sports.
  15. ^ "2024 Opponents Determined". NFL Communications. January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  16. ^ "Bears to play regular-season game in London in 2024". Chicago Bears. January 11, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
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