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Chicago Bears: Best and worst-case scenarios for 2019 season

By Carlos Nazario

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 08: Mitchell Trubisky #10 of the Chicago Bears heads back to his team's bench bench after taking a few snaps during the first quarter of a preseason game against the Carolina Panthers at Soldier Field on August 08, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 08: Mitchell Trubisky #10 of the Chicago Bears heads back to his team's bench bench after taking a few snaps during the first quarter of a preseason game against the Carolina Panthers at Soldier Field on August 08, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images) /
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With the Chicago Bears’ season opener just days away, we take a best-case and worst-case scenario for 2019.

Well, the time we’ve been waiting for is upon us. The Chicago Bears played their last preseason game, made all their cuts and finalized the 53-man roster. Now what we have is the 2019 season opener against the hated Green Bay Packers just a few days away.

Bears general manager Ryan Pace assembled what he hopes to be a Super Bowl contending team. Last year’s squad had a magical season until a double-doink in the playoffs ended everything. Hopefully, this year’s team goes a lot further than the opening round of the playoffs.

The expectation wasn’t that the Bears would make a lot of changes to an already strong roster, but Pace made more than just cosmetic changes to the roster. In 2018, he overhauled the wide receivers corps.

This offseason, he overhauled the running back unit. He traded away popular player Jordan Howard. That wasn’t it, however. In fact, the only returning running back from last season is Tarik Cohen. Pace added Mike Davis, David Montgomery and Kerrith Whyte.

The Bears also added Cordarrelle Patterson (who will spend time in the backfield as well), and rookie Riley Ridley. The tight end unit consists of Trey Burton, Adam Shaheen, Ben Braunecker and Bradley Sowell. Sowell was on the team as an offensive lineman last season and converted to a tight end.

On defense, the Bears’ biggest move was allowing cornerback Bryce Callahan and safety Adrian Amos to walk away in free agency. They replaced them with Buster Skrine and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. Oh, and let’s not forget that Vic Fangio left to become head coach of the Denver Broncos and was replaced by Chuck Pagano.

After looking at a small town full of kickers, the Bears finally settled with Eddy Pineiro to replace Cody Parkey. That might be the biggest move of the offseason.

The talk is over. Now we find out if the moves Pace and the Bears made were the right ones. We’ll find out if last season was a fluke or if the Bears are true contenders. For now, let’s look at the season with a best-case/worst-case scenario for the 2019 season.

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