The Bears had no business winning that game, and they didn’t. Still, that was as big of a gut-punch loss as I can remember.
Offense
QB Caleb Williams | C
Caleb was absolutely awful for 3 quarters. He was missing reads, missing throws, taking sacks to get out of field goal range, and trying to play hero ball. Then the fourth quarter happened. Still wasn’t good enough in the end, I don’t care about the miracle finish.
RB D’Andre Swift | A
Swift ran great. Hit holes, broke big runs, and was the Bears’ best player on Sunday.
WR DJ Moore | B
DJ was fine. Got open, ran the ball well. Toughed out an injury. It was hard to grade the receivers, but when given an opportunity he took it and ran.
WR Rome Odunze | B+
Odunze was the Bears best receiver today. He got open, caught just about everything thrown his way, and picked up yards after the catch.
WR Keenan Allen | C+
He was fine. Didn’t do anything special, but got open when needed and drew the late pass interference.
TE Cole Kmet | C-
Was pretty unnoticeable for the first three quarters but made a few plays in the fourth to get the Bears back into it.
Offensive Line | F
Swift racked up the yards, but a lot of that was on him making something out of nothing. I don’t care about the injuries, the line was terrible for 95% of the game and Caleb really had no time in the pocket all day.
Defense
Defensive Line | B
They could have hit Daniels a little more knowing he had an injured rib, but they helped slow down one of the NFL’s top rushing attacks and did a decent job pressuring the QB.
Linebackers | B
Did a good job against the run. A few missed tackles in space that they want back, but overall when you limit that good of a rushing team on the ground like they did, that’s a win.
Secondary | C
I had this at a B+, and then the Hail Mary happened. Unacceptable to let anyone behind you.
Special Teams
K Cairo Santos | A
He did his job.
P Tory Taylor | A+
Taylor was amazing. He flipped the field, he pinned deep on shorter punts. Every time when he had to make a play, he did it. He’s a weapon.
Coaching
Matt Eberflus | F
Unprepared to play from the start. Poor decisions on lack of challenges. Penalties. Hail Mary defense got beat. I don’t care that his unit kept the Bears in it. As a head coach, he failed today.
Shane Waldron | F
Maybe don’t hand the ball to an offensive lineman on the goal line down 5 in the fourth quarter? Everything else the Bears did well in the fourth quarter gets washed out in my eyes.