How the Bears’ 2021 schedule might work against them

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The NFL released the 2021 season schedule last week and while we’ve gone over the potential wins and losses, there are some hidden potholes in the Bears’ slate that might put them at a disadvantage. Ken Davis, Alex Shapiro, and Eric Strobel discuss some of those scheduling snags based on the research of NBC Sports Edge’s Warren Sharp before diving into the back-and-forth between the Rams’ Jalen Ramsey and Bears fans with just under four months to go until the Bears open their season in Los Angeles as a 7-point underdog. (2:55) - Why the previous year’s opponent winning percentages aren’t a good way to look at the upcoming season’s strength of schedule (4:25) - How the Bears are at a massive rest & preparation disadvantage against their 2021 opponents(12:25) - What can the coaching staff do to overcome those scheduling disadvantages?(19:25) - Great teams overcome attrition, and some NFL teams that have very early & late bye weeks will have to do just that(24:55) - Jalen Ramsey and Bears fans are already beefing with months to go before the season opener in Los Angeles (30:10) - The Bears are 7-point underdogs in Week 1 against the Rams - is that a fair line?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Under Center podcast presented by St. Xavier University with our Bears contributors.
0:11.0	Eric Strobel and Alex Shapiro, Tony Gill runs the show, and I am Kennav Davis.
0:16.0	What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question.
0:22.6	It means everything to me.
0:23.6	That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.
0:32.6	The history out there, I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first franchises just kind of blows my mind, honestly, that I was able to be a part of it. I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first
0:37.5	franchise is just kind of blows my mind, honestly, that was able to be a part of that.
0:42.0	The city, just the nostalgia of playing for a story franchise, the story franchise of the
0:49.7	running back position with guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton and being able to follow
0:53.4	in those footsteps.
0:56.4	So being a bear means everything.
0:57.9	And what more can you say?
1:08.5	One thing Eric brought up to us today is that we got to jump into the schedule die from Warren sharp from sharp football analysis and how he
1:11.5	broke down.
1:12.7	Is it going to be good or bad for our bears this season as far as how that schedule is set up?
1:16.3	And I think we all kind of have an inkling which way this may go.
1:19.0	All right.
1:19.4	Our buddy, Alex Shapiro, definitely wrote a nice article talking about Jalen Ramsey's disrespect
1:24.1	to Darnan Amuni and the beloved. So we have to talk about that and the betting line for that Rams game
1:29.1	at Sophie's Stadium.
1:31.3	And just a little bit of Barrett's discussion.
1:33.3	And maybe we'll talk about Tony Laruso.
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