Bears to host defending Super Bowl champion Broncos in preseason opener

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They won’t be using all of their top guns during the 2016 preseason — neither will the Bears — but the NFL has lined up AFC playoff winners for the Bears to face in the first three weeks of the preseason and wrapped it up with a fourth AFC opponent.

With exact dates and times yet to be announced, the Bears will open at home against the Super Bowl-winning Denver Broncos in mid August. That will be followed by a trip to New England against the Patriots, who narrowly lost to the Broncos in the AFC Championship game.

The third game will come at Soldier Field against the Kansas City Chiefs, who mauled the Houston Texans in the AFC wild-card round before falling to the Patriots during the divisional round.

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The preseason will wrap up with the usual game against the Cleveland Browns, in Cleveland, the 12th straight year that the final warm-up game has been against the Browns.

The games will feature multiple players going against their former teams. Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan and special-teams standout Omar Bolden were Broncos last year. Defensive lineman Akiem Hicks was a member of the Patriots last season, while New England’s Martellus Bennett and Shea McClellin spent the past several seasons in Bears uniforms.

Check out the full preseason schedule below:

Date Opponent Location
Aug. 11-15 Broncos Soldier Field
Aug. 18-22 Patriots Gillette Stadium
Aug. 25-28 Chiefs Soldier Field
Sept. 1-2 Browns FirstEnergy Stadium
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