Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are finalizing a deal to land one of the biggest names in the 2025 offseason coaching cycle, Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. (Source: Adam Schefter on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Johnson has developed a reputation around the NFL as a top-tier play-caller, play-designer, and talent developer, operating a Lions offense that has run through the NFL over the last two regular seasons, reaching at least the Divisional Round in both 2023 and 2024. Now Johnson will pair with young QB Caleb Williams, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, as well as other young offensive pieces like D'Andre Swift, Rome Odunze, and DJ Moore, bringing further promise to a Chicago offense that disappointed relative to its high expectations heading into the 2024 season.

Caleb Williams was seen wearing a cast after having a cyst removed from his hand. (Source: Ian Rapoport on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Williams was seen with the cast at the Wisconsin/USC college basketball game on Saturday. It is considered minor and he is expected to be fine.

Cairo Santos converted 3-of-3 extra point attempts and knocked in his lone field goal attempt in Sunday's 24-22 win over the Green Bay Packers.

Fantasy Impact: Santos wasn't asked to do much on Sunday, but he stepped up when the team needed him, knocking down a 51-yard field goal to send them into the offseason with an upset win over their divisional rivals. He will return to the Bears in 2025 and could be an interesting fantasy option at the kicker position next season if Chicago's offense improves.

Gerald Everett was held without a target or catch in Sunday's 24-22 win over the Green Bay Packers.

Fantasy Impact: Everett did not play well on Sunday. He failed to log even a single catch against the Packers, and he actually set the Bears back a little bit with an untimely holding penalty. He totaled just eight receptions for 36 yards in his first season with the Bears, leaving little optimism for his outlook for next season.

Cole Kmet caught just two targets for three yards in Sunday's 24-22 win over the Green Bay Packers.

Fantasy Impact: The Bears were able to pick up an upset win over the Packers on Sunday, but Kmet wasn't able to do much to help with that as a receiver. He totaled just three yards on two catches, and any fantasy managers who had him were burned by this performance. He could improve in 2025 if Chicago loses a couple of their skill-position players throughout the offseason.

Rome Odunze caught two passes for 18 yards in Sunday's 24-22 win over the Green Bay Packers.

Fantasy Impact: The rookie was unable to do much on Sunday. He caught just two passes over the course of the game, and the team wasn't making strong efforts to get him the ball. He finished his rookie campaign with 734 yards and three touchdowns over 17 games, which leaves a lot of room for him to improve next season.

DJ Moore caught 9-of-10 targets for 86 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 24-22 win over the Green Bay Packers.

Fantasy Impact: Moore was electric in Sunday's game. He led the team in targets, receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns in what turned out to be a win over the Packers, racking up a nice fantasy total in the process. His season was a little bit bumpier than many fantasy managers hoped coming into it, but his fantasy value could increase dramatically for the 2025 season if Keenan Allen departs in free agency or if QB Caleb Williams takes a step up in his second year in the league.

Keenan Allen caught three passes for just 25 yards in Sunday's 24-22 win over the Green Bay Packers.

Fantasy Impact: Allen wasn't able to do much on Sunday, finishing the game with just 25 yards on the day. Chicago was still able to pick up a nice win over the Packers, however, which gives them some momentum heading into the offseason. The 32-year old is an unrestricted free agent right now, and it remains to be seen whether or not he will return to Chicago for the 2025 NFL season.

Roschon Johnson rushed the ball two times for three yards and caught five passes for 16 yards in Sunday's 24-22 win over the Green Bay Packers.

Fantasy Impact: The Bears were able to pick up an upset win over the Packers on Sunday. Johnson did his job in helping with that, serving as a safe check-down option for QB Caleb Williams and finishing the game with five catches. As of now, Johnson is still under contract with the Bears and is expected to return and play a similar role for them next season.

D'Andre Swift carried the ball 20 times for 65 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 24-22 victory over the Green Bay Packers.

Fantasy Impact: Swift was able to put up a pretty solid performance on Sunday. He was able to find the end zone once, but outside of that, he wasn't particularly productive in any one area. He slowed down over the back half of the 2024 season, but his strong performance in the first half of the season will offer reasonable optimism to fantasy managers for his outlook in 2025 and beyond.

Bears RB Travis Homer (hamstring) is officially inactive for Week 18.

Fantasy Impact: Homer did not practice all week and will not suit up in the regular season finale with the Packers. He will finish the season with 23 yards on six carries, as he primarily played on special teams in his second season in Chicago.

The Bears signed Adrian Colbert to their active roster. (Source: Scott Blair on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: The Bears had a roster spot open after moving Braxton Jones to injured reserve on Monday.

Teven Jenkins missed practice again on Tuesday. (Source: Bears Communications on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Jenkins has logged back-to-back missed practices to open the week. He'll likely have to practice in some capacity on Wednesday to have a chance of playing on Thursday against the Seahawks.

Braxton Jones will undergo surgery on his injured ankle and is out for the season. (Source: Courtney Cronin on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: The belief is that Jones only fractured his fibula as opposed to his fibula and tibia. He posted one of his better overall seasons this year and will look to make a full recovery heading into training camp.

Collin Johnson failed to catch his only target in the Bears' 34-17 loss to the Lions in Week 16.

Fantasy Impact: Johnson has been mostly non-existent in the Chicago offense, finishing with one reception or less in each of his last five games. The wideout can remain off rosters in all formats ahead of a Week 17 contest against the Seattle Seahawks next Thursday night.

Marcedes Lewis was sidelined from practice on Thursday. (Source: Bears Communications on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Lewis has been given a rest day from practice most weeks. He remains well off the fantasy radar.

Gervon Dexter Sr. remained absent from practice on Thursday. (Source: Bears Communications on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Dexter was sidelined last week and has logged back-to-back missed practices to open this week. He appears to be on track to missing another game.

Ryan Bates missed practice on Thursday. (Source: Bears Communications on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Bates remains in concussion protocol. He'll have till Saturday to clear the protocols.

Darrynton Evans carried the ball three times for three yards in the Bears' 38-13 loss to the 49ers in Week 14.

Fantasy Impact: Evans made minimal impact in his first game action of the season, averaging 1.0 yards per carry in a losing effort. The running back will likely be relegated back to the practice squad if Roschon Johnson (concussion) is able to suit up in Week 15 against the Minnesota Vikings.

Elijah Hicks remained sidelined from practice on Thursday. (Source: Bears Communications on Twitter)

Fantasy Impact: Hicks was sidelined back-to-back days to open the week. He'll likely have to practice in some form on Friday to have a chance of playing this week.