Tag: Bears report card

Bears report card: How we graded Chicago in their Week 3 win

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during Sunday’s game and how we graded the Bears in their win against the Texans.

The Chicago Bears (2-1) escaped Soldier Field with a 23-20 victory over the Houston Texans (0-2-1) on Sunday, which featured some positives and negatives.

The Bears run game absolutely dominated with 281 yards on the ground, including 157 from Khalil Herbert, while Justin Fields and the passing offense continued to struggle against the 26th-ranked secondary in the NFL. Chicago’s defense bent but didn’t break, where they had two interceptions, including Roquan Smith’s pick, which led to Cairo Santos’ game-winning field goal.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during the game and how we graded the Bears in this win.

Bears report card: How we graded Chicago in their Week 2 loss

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during Sunday’s game and how we graded the Bears in their loss to the Packers.

The Chicago Bears (1-1) suffered a brutal 27-10 defeat to the Green Bay Packers (1-1), which raised a lot of questions for the Bears heading into the remainder of the season.

After an impressive first offensive series and the defense getting after Aaron Rodgers, the Bears held a 7-3 lead after the first quarter. Unfortunately, Chicago was outscored 24-3 in the final three quarters of action, where it was a messy affair across the board.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during the game and how we graded the Bears in this loss.

Bears report card: How we graded Chicago in their Week 1 win

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during Sunday’s game and how we graded the Bears in their upset win over the 49ers.

The Chicago Bears opened the 2022 NFL season with a 19-10 upset win over the San Francisco 49ers, where Matt Eberflus won his first NFL game as a head coach.

It was a tale of two halves for the Bears, where things seemed bleak in the first half before the team mounted a second-half comeback. They scored 19 unanswered points in the second half to outlast a team that many have pegged as Super Bowl contenders. Now, Chicago are tied for first place atop the NFC North.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during the game and how we graded the Bears in this win.

Bears report card: How we graded Chicago in their Week 17 win

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during Sunday’s game and how we graded the Bears in their dominating win over the Giants.

The Chicago Bears dominated the New York Giants in a 29-3 victory, where they improved to 6-10 and we were reminded that there are teams worse than the Bears.

The Bears defense dominated from start to finish, where they sacked Mike Glennon four times, intercepted him twice, forced four fumbles, recovered two of them and forced the Giants to abandon the passing game entirely — until they had no choice but to start throwing again. The offense was timely and scored the second-most points all season with 29. Although, they were held to just seven points in the second half.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during the game and how we graded the Bears in this win.

Bears report card: How we graded Chicago in their Week 16 win

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during Sunday’s game and how we graded the Bears in their comeback win over the Seahawks.

The Chicago Bears mounted a 25-24 comeback win over the Seattle Seahawks, where they improved to 5-10 and snapped a three-game losing streak.

It wasn’t a win that changed anything in the grand scheme of things — Chicago is still out of playoff contention and Matt Nagy will still be fired at season’s end. But it certainly provided a thrilling finish that was actually enjoyable for Bears fans.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during the game and how we graded the Bears in this win.

Bears report card: How we graded Chicago in their Week 15 loss

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during Monday’s game and how we graded the Bears in their loss to the Vikings.

The Chicago Bears suffered another frustrating defeat to the Minnesota Vikings, which marked their eighth loss in the last nine games and dropped the Bears to 4-10 on the season.

While many expected Chicago to lose to Minnesota, they didn’t expect it in the fashion that happened. The Bears once again beat themselves with penalties, turnovers and red zone struggles, which wasted an impressive defensive performance against the Vikings.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during the game and how we graded the Bears in this loss.

Bears report card: How we graded Chicago in their Week 14 loss

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during Sunday’s game and how we graded the Bears in their loss to the Packers.

The Chicago Bears suffered another brutal 45-30 loss to the Green Bay Packers, which marked their seventh loss in the last eight games and dropped Matt Nagy’s record to 1-7 against Green Bay.

But Bears fans will always have the first half, where they looked like a team that could compete with the Packers. Although, eventually, the movie ended just like we knew it would — with another Chicago loss to Green Bay, where there was plenty of blame to go around.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during the game and how we graded the Bears in this loss.

Bears report card: How we graded Chicago in their Week 13 loss

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during Sunday’s game and how we graded the Bears in their loss to the Cardinals.

The Chicago Bears suffered a brutal 33-22 defeat to the Arizona Cardinals, where Chicago’s offense turned the ball over four times and their defense gave up 30 points for the fourth time this season.

While many expected the Bears to lose to the Cardinals, they managed to do it in excruciating fashion — more bad offense and bad defense — en route to their sixth loss in the last seven games after a 3-2 start.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during the game and how we graded the Bears in this loss.

Bears report card: How we graded Chicago in their Week 12 win

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during Thursday’s game and how we graded the Bears in their win over the Lions.

The Chicago Bears avoided a six-game losing streak with a 16-14 victory over the winless Detroit Lions, which required a Cairo Santos field goal as time expired.

While the Bears got the win, there was a lot to be desired from the offense’s performance, as they managed just one touchdown and 16 points against one of the worst defenses and teams in the NFL. The victory might’ve saved Matt Nagy’s job for now, he showed once again why he’s not the guy for the job.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we saw during the game and how we graded the Bears in this win.

Bears report card: How we graded Chicago at the midway point

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we’ve seen so far this season and how we graded the Bears through their first 9 games.

The Chicago Bears are in the middle of a much-needed bye week after their fourth straight loss, which dropped them to 3-6 on the season. There’s been a number of contributing factors to the teams’s struggles, from offense to defense to coaching.

Interesting enough, it appears the Bears offense and defense are trending in opposite directions heading into the bye week. And it’s hard to wonder why both units can’t play well at the same time.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what we’ve seen through the first nine games and how we graded the Bears through the midway point of the season.