Jaquan Brisker highlights difficult stretch in Bears’ 2024 regular season schedule originally appeared in NBC Sports Chicago
Every year, many difficult items are included in the NFL regular season schedule.
O Bears I have a few this season, including a safety that Jaquan Brisker took to social media to highlight.
Imagine, 3 games in 10 days…
-Quanny B. (@JaquanBrisker) May 28, 2024
That’s right. The Bears will play three games in 10 days at the end of the regular season. Take a look.
If it’s any consolation to Brisker and the Bears, at least the games four days apart are both at home. It would have been a worse turn of events if they had been on the road. It’s true that the first game against the Vikings will be in Minnesota.
There are a lot of unfortunate synopses on every NFL team’s schedule. In addition to playing three games in 10 days, the NFL is sending the Bears and Jaguars to play in London during the season; the Bears will lose a home game as they were declared the home team in that game.
On the bright side, an analysis from Warren Sharp says the Bears will net positive rest days this season. He projects the Bears to have five positive days of rest in contrast to their opponents next season.
2024 NFL Rest Net Edges
net rest = total days of extra rest against a team’s opponents throughout the season
+16: BAL
+15
+14
+13
+12: NE, MIN, PHI
+11
+10
+9
+8: GB
+7: HOW
+6: TEN
+5: CHI, NYJ, BUF, ATL, KC
+4: JAX
+3: CAR
+2: PIT, CLE, DAL
+1
0: LV, NYG
-1: DET,LAR
-two:… https://t.co/LQK41BB1Ns-Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) May 20, 2024
The Ravens are earning a league-leading 16 net positive rest days; they lead the runners-up with four extra days of rest, according to Sharp. On the other side of the spectrum, the 49ers are missing three weeks of rest compared to their opponents. Damn.
If you are curious about the distance the Bears will travel in the 2024 regular season, they are also in the middle of the pack in that category. They will travel just south of 20,000 miles, which equates to 15th in the NFL.
