QUARTERBACK: D
This may’t be occurring once more, can it? Bears quarterback Caleb Williams regarded like a shell of the player he was simply 4 weeks in the past in London. His accomplished 16 of 30 passes for 120 yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions for a 63.2 passer ranking. And he was sacked 9 instances for 51 yards in losses, because the Bears had a web of 69 passing yards.
Williams has not thrown an interception in three video games of regression, so it may very well be worse. However he appears to be like like a quarterback who’s one step from catastrophe.
OFFENSIVE LINE: F
The Bears already had been in a bind with left sort out Braxton Jones (knee) and proper sort out Darnell Wright (knee) out with accidents. Left guard Teven Jenkins left in the second quarter with an ankle harm, with middle Doug Kramer changing him.
The Bears thought they may survive towards a protection ranked twenty eighth in sacks and twenty fifth in yards allowed. However Williams was beneath fixed stress.
SHANE WALDRON: F
There’s no approach that is the man who turned Geno Smith right into a Professional Bowl-quality starter with the Seahawks. Waldron has fallen into a well-known, mystifying lure that has snared many a struggling coach and participant at Halas Corridor — the tougher he tries, the more severe he will get.
The Bears gained 142 complete yards (2.4 per play). They had been 1 for 14 on third down conversions (7.1%) and — worst of all — Williams took one other step backwards in a dreadful efficiency that makes some type of change imminent.
MATT EBERFLUS: F
The Bears’ protection performed properly sufficient to win — permitting 19 factors, 326 yards and 5.4 yards per play, with the lone takeaway of the sport (linebacker T.J. Edwards’ interception). However on today that solely emphasised the argument that Eberflus is an effective defensive coordinator out of his ingredient as a head coach.
Eberflus will get the credit score when his crew responds to his H.I.T.S. principal method. However the reverse response additionally displays on him — the Bears, after inexplicably dropping to the Commanders coming off their bye, have proven no spark after falling behind the Cardinals final week and the Patriots at house on Sunday.
RYAN POLES: F
He deserves the credit score for spectacular strikes to rebuild the Bears’ roster, however his staunch help of Eberflus after final season is trying increasingly more like a misstep. That former Bears quarterback Jim Harbaugh is 6-3 with the Chargers doesn’t assist.
After the masterful commerce with the Panthers and buying Montez Sweat on the commerce deadline final 12 months, Poles is on a nasty run. Velus Jones was reduce. Nate Davis was benched. And the offensive line, which must be Poles’ child, was a multitude Sunday, as Williams was sacked 9 instances.
Accidents to Wright, Jones and now Jenkins clearly are an enormous issue. But it surely was Poles who lauded his depth. “I really feel extra assured within the depth of our offensive line than I ever have earlier than,” he mentioned earlier than the season.
The Bears shelled out huge quantities of cash to construct a supporting forged round Caleb Williams, however there hasn’t been a lot manufacturing.
After the Bears hit a well-known low-point in a 19-3 loss to the 2-7 Patriots on Sunday at Soldier Subject, Poles isn’t simply the man who fleeced the Panthers for DJ Moore, he’s additionally the man who employed Matt Eberflus and endorsed the hiring of OC Shane Waldron.
