Photo via Yahoo Sports

Bears offense shows no rust in shootout win over Panthers

The Chicago Bears launched their 2026 campaign in record-setting fashion, outscoring the Carolina Panthers 59-37 on September 13 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. Coming off an NFC North crown, Chicago unleashed a historically potent attack to establish a new franchise benchmark for points in an opening week.

The triumph immediately validated head coach Ben Johnson's aspiration to build the most prolific scoring unit the league has ever seen.

Now in his third year as the franchise signal-caller, quarterback Caleb Williams guided the relentless onslaught as the squad looks to fulfill dark-horse Super Bowl expectations. Johnson's exacting standards were on full display in the road rout, proving the offense was fully synchronized without any lingering offseason rust.