Report: Bears to open Week 1 vs. Vikings on Monday Night Football
The Chicago Bears and their fans will have to wait one extra day to kick off the 2025 season when Week 1 arrives. According to FOX NFL insider Jordan Schultz, the Bears will open the 2025 season at home against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football.
The Bears facing the Vikings on Monday Night Football is nothing new. This will be the seventh meeting between the two teams in that time slot since 2016. The timing is new, however. The last time the Bears faced the Vikings in Week 1 came during the 2000 season, and the last time they opened Week 1 on Monday Night Football was in 1997, according to The Athletic's Kevin Fishbain.
All eyes will be on new Bears head coach Ben Johnson and quarterback Caleb Williams to close out the opening weekend. The former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator's last regular season game came against the Vikings when his team had a decisive 31-9 victory to capture the NFC North title and home-field advantage throughout the postseason. Johnson is 5-1 against the Vikings over the last three years and will look to build on that success while the Vikings begin a new era of their own with JJ McCarthy taking over at quarterback.
This is the third leaked matchup for the Bears ahead of their 2025 schedule release. Their other confirmed games include a Week 13 date against the Philadelphia Eagles on Black Friday and a Week 16 standalone matchup against the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field. The entire Bears schedule will officially be revealed Wednesday night at 7 p.m. CT.
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