Windy City Gridiron
One game left and the Bears remain a bottom-10 team.
The end of the season from hell is in sight.
I don’t think I’m alone in thinking that the end can’t come soon enough.
It’s been an awful, disappointing, eye-opening (in a bad way) season.
Caleb Williams will put a bow on one of the five best seasons a Bears QB has ever had statistically but it was completely wasted.
From coaching, to roster decisions, to scheme, and function, everything has been rotten and failed.
Once again, the Power Rankings reflect it.
27. Chicago Bears (4-12) Previous Week: 26 - The Bears’ losing streak reached double-digits on Thursday night after another ugly loss. Despite a 6-3 final score, it never felt like Chicago was in the game. It’s been a disastrous season after a (4-2) start. All eyes are on the offseason, starting with who they hire as their new head coach.
23. Chicago Bears (25): This is a record-setting squad, folks. It’s the first team in NFL history to allow the opening score in a game 15 times; QB Caleb Williams’ rookie record for passes without an interception hit 353 before being snapped Thursday night; and Chicago’s 67 sacks allowed (66 of Williams) represent a new franchise nadir.
25. Chicago Bears (25) Week 17 was the fourth time the Bears have had fewer than 180 yards in a game. That’s hideous. Where would Caleb Williams go if we had a 2024 draft do-over? The answer isn’t No. 1 overall; that would be Jayden Daniels. Would he go second? Third?
24. Chicago Bears (24) - There was ample evidence that Caleb Williams alone shouldn’t have shouldered the blame for the Bears’ offensive struggles heading into Week 17, but the No. 1 overall pick surely was a big part of the problem in the dispiriting 6-3 loss to the Seahawks — Chicago’s fourth game this season without an offensive touchdown. The sad finish, with Williams’ fluttering heave being picked off, only added to the sting. Williams took the blame afterward for ”stupid sacks” (seven on the night, bringing the season total to a whopping 67) and more, but it likely fell on deaf ears after a disastrous season that few in Chicago saw coming, especially after the 4-2 start. This offseason will bring a coaching change and likely a few other big moves, but it’s going to take winning consistently — over some impressive-looking stats — for Bears fans to fully buy in on Williams again next season. That’s how far this thing has fallen.
24. Bears (No. 24; 4-12): Give Ben Johnson a blank check.
24. Chicago Bears (24) One more game and then they can focus on finding a new coach to fix the culture. They have lost 11 straight games, which is brutal to think...
