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Why Bears coach Ben Johnson likes Chicago's schedule, early bye week in 2025

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The Chicago Bears were one of four NFL teams to draw the earliest possible bye week for the 2025 NFL season. They will get a break in Week 5 after playing just four games.

That could end up being a good thing for the Bears, in the opinion of Chicago's new coach Ben Johnson.

"I actually like where that bye week is, because it usually takes about four weeks into the season to find out who you are as a team, what you do well and what you don’t do well," Johnson explained in a Friday appearance on "The Herd" with Colin Cowherd.