What Chicago Bears Compete With For ‘Highest-Scoring Offense Ever’

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JANUARY 10: Caleb Williams #18 of the Chicago Bears celebrates aft an NFL Wild Card crippled against the Green Bay Packers astatine Solider Field connected January 10, 2026 successful Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images)

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The Chicago Bears were 1 of the feel-good stories of the 2025 NFL season.

After finishing .500 aliases worse each twelvemonth since 2019, Chicago went 11-6 successful Head Coach Ben Johnson’s first season. The Bears won the NFC North for the first clip since 2018, and won a playoff crippled for the first clip since 2010.

Better still, the squad was mostly breathtaking to watch.

Chicago was sixth successful violative yards per game, pinch 369.2, 3rd successful rushing yards per crippled (144.5), but ninth successful points per crippled astatine 25.9.

Johnson isn’t resting connected that success, however.

As portion of a profile pinch Dan Pompei astatine The Athletic, he stated immoderate clear goals. One of those was winning a Super Bowl. The other, successful his words: “I want to person the highest-scoring discourtesy ever…”

He went connected to admit that the title location (in the Super Bowl era) presently belongs to the 2013 Denver Broncos, who scored 37.9 points per game; 12 afloat points much than what the Bears did past year. That Denver group is besides 1 of 4 teams to put up 35 aliases much per crippled successful NFL history.

The History Johnson’s Bears Are Up Against

Those 2013 Broncos faced 1 of the easiest schedules successful the convention – some by preseason evaluations and postseason assessments arsenic well. Chicago, connected the contrary, faces the toughest schedule successful the league according to force winning percentages from 2025.

The different teams – again, successful the Super Bowl era – to people 35 aliases much per game:

• 2007 New England Patriots, who put up 36.8 per crippled while going undefeated successful the regular season.
• 2018 Kansas City Chiefs, scoring 35.3 points per crippled while going 12-4 arsenic the apical seed successful the AFC.
• 2011 Green Bay Packers, tallying 35.0 points per crippled while the squad won 15 games successful the regular season.

Interestingly, each 4 of those teams grounded to triumph the Super Bowl successful the aforesaid season.

Denver mislaid that year’s Super Bowl, 43-8 to Seattle, while the 2007 Patriots’ unbeaten tally ended pinch a 17-14 conclusion against the Giants successful February. That Chiefs team, the unofficial “start” of the Chiefs’ dynastic tally pinch Patrick Mahomes, fell to the Pats successful overtime of the AFC Championship Game that year. Green Bay, meanwhile, fell to the Giants successful the divisional round.

Every 1 of those quarterbacks (Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers) is either already successful the Hall of Fame, aliases will beryllium location soon enough. Putting the 2026 Bears successful the aforesaid institution arsenic those squads could perchance foretell an awesome profession coming for third-year Chicago QB Caleb Williams.

How Chicago’s Situation Lays Out

As mentioned, the Broncos accomplished their 37.9 points per crippled against 1 of the league’s easiest schedules. The 2026 Bears will look the NFL’s toughest slate – a first-place schedule that includes six games against difficult NFC North opponents, positive title contenders for illustration the Eagles, Patriots, Seahawks, Bills and Jaguars.

Thankfully for Chicago, the games aren’t played connected paper.

After an awesome year-two leap pinch 400 much passing yards, 7 much passing TDs and 44 less sacks vs. his rookie campaign, Williams could perchance show moreover greater betterment successful a 2nd play nether Johnson’s tutelage.

Beyond Williams, the violative statement should person akin occurrence to past twelvemonth provided everyone is healthy. Colston Loveland and Luther Burden III are some conscionable 22 years old, and should beryllium capable to measurement into larger roles wrong the discourtesy pinch DJ Moore traded to Buffalo. Rome Odunze is still conscionable 24. Running backs D’Andre Swift and Kyle Monagai some proved to beryllium tin receiving options while still not being overtaxed during comparatively businesslike seasons.

All of those players will besides beryllium capable to travel on further wrong Johnson’s strategy now.

During the offseason, the Bears focused connected protect adds to hole a portion that allowed complete 24 points per game. Unfortunately, the squad has already mislaid 1 of those caller faces, pinch Coby Bryant set to miss astatine slightest 4 months pursuing knee surgery.

A defense that’s comparatively porous whitethorn not thief Johnson’s superior extremity of winning a Super Bowl, though having violative starters playing precocious successful games would apt substance efforts to people a ton.

NFL’s Other Elite Offenses

The Bears person the pieces to beryllium 1 of the NFL’s apical offenses, but besides aren’t the only squad poised to ray up the scoreboard this season.

Last year’s Los Angeles Rams led the convention pinch 30.5 points per game, and bring backmost the superior players location (and strengthened the defense importantly successful the offseason). The Patriots, Seahawks, Bills and Lions each scored 28 aliases much points per crippled arsenic well, and return the quarterbacks that steered those ships.

Also cardinal successful that database is the truth that the Lions, the Bears’ divisional rival and Johnson’s erstwhile employer, look 1 of the league’s easiest schedules (opponents had conscionable a .467 winning percent past year) and play location games indoors.

The Lions – aliases immoderate different squad – scoring astatine a grounds gait doesn’t forestall the Bears from also doing so. At the aforesaid time, though, having different squad successful your section up for that situation won’t make the task immoderate easier for Johnson’s Chicago group.