Green Bay turned Lambeau Field into a bombing range yesterday, and the Chicago Bears were squarely in the crosshairs, getting absolutely shellacked 31-7 by the Packers. It was a proper butt-kicking from whistle to whistle, the kind that leaves a team needing a serious mental reset.
Love’s Air Raid Showed No Mercy
Seriously, the Bears’ defense had no answers for Jordan Love’s right arm, and it was brutal to watch. Love just had one of the best games of his career, plain and simple. The guy threw four pass plays of over 40 yards, which, get this, is the most the Bears have allowed in a single game since at least the year 2000! That’s a wild stat from The Athletic’s Kevin Fishbein. And if that wasn’t enough, his second touchdown throw to Christian Watson traveled a mind-blowing 66.9 yards in the air. That’s the third-longest completed air-yard pass in the entire NFL since NextGenStats started tracking it in 2016. That’s not just getting beat, that’s getting surgically dismantled from deep.
Chicago’s Defensive Collapse and What Comes Next
The game started rough, with the Bears falling behind 14-0. They made it somewhat interesting, cutting the deficit to 14-7 heading into halftime. But then, coming out of the break, they did absolutely nothing. Just flat-lined, letting the Packers run away with a 31-7 win. Head coach Ben Johnson was apparently dropping f-bombs to ESPN 1000 on his way into the locker room, and honestly, can you blame him? When the highlight of your day is the starting quarterback’s pregame workout, you know things are bad. This team needs to figure out how to pressure the quarterback or cover receivers, and fast. The article mentioned a couple of defensive players returning from the PUP list, but that doesn’t sound like enough to fix this kind of fundamental problem. Could we see a trade? It’s on the table when you get exposed like this.
This kind of defensive showing is a huge problem, and the Bears have to figure out how to generate pressure or cover receivers, pronto. While the Bears are left scrambling, here in the Emerald City, our Seahawks battled hard in a 32-29 loss to the 49ers. It stings, but our guys fought. For Chicago, the urgency is real.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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