We’re still waiting on the full NFL schedule to drop, but with all the International series games announced, we now know the travel miles for each franchise, and the Chicago Bears will travel the third fewest this season.
Chicago’s longest trip, and its only road game west of the Central time zone, is against the Seattle Seahawks. The Bears’ other road trips will be to their divisional opponents, the Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, and Green Bay Packers, with trips southeast to play the Miami Dolphins,
Carolina Panthers, and Atlanta Falcons, and one northeast to play the Buffalo Bills.
Traveling in 2026 is a lot different from traveling in 1996, but it’s still time away, and the less that teams have to fly around the world, the better.
Here’s the full travel miles for the entire league.
The nine International Series games make this the most combined travel miles in NFL history.
The San Francisco 49ers will have the most miles traveled this season, and they will also cross the most time zones (58), which is another single-season record.
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