NFL Network analyst Rich Eisen thinks the Bears are capable of making it to the Super Bowl this season.
On Monday’s episode of the “Rich Eisen Show,” the titular host went down the list of NFL teams and described what he believes is the “best-case scenario” for each one in the 2024-25 season.
“I’m saying the best-case scenario for the Bears is this kid [Caleb Williams] takes ’em to the Super Bowl,” he said. “Defensively, they can do it.
Defensively, they’ve got some real young studs who can really make your life difficult.
Don’t forget the kid from Iowa who can punt his head off and give yourself a great shot to three and out Caleb Williams onto his own damn 40-yard line half the time.”
Eisen also added that he believes Williams, the Bears’ No. 1 overall pick of the 2024 draft, will win the NFL offensive Rookie of the Year award at season’s end.
The Chicago Bears will be showcased this preseason on Hard Knocks, HBO’s long-running documentary-style series, which is co-produced by NFL Films.
The Bears had been one of 10 teams never to be spotlighted in the series, which first ran in 2001.
The Bears, Broncos and Saints were the three teams who fit the criteria of being eligible to be selected by the league for the 2024 edition of the show if no other team volunteered to appear.
Eligible teams included those that didn’t have a new head coach, hadn’t made the playoffs the previous two seasons and hadn’t been on Hard Knocks in the past 10 years.
The debut of the five-episode series premiers Tuesday, Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. on HBO and will stream on Max. New episodes will run each Tuesday through Sept. 3
