14. Chicago Bears (1-1, LW: 10)
The fear over Caleb Williams’ injury has subsided since it seems like a fairly minor hamstring injury, and yes his extremely distressed reaction to a hamstring strain was odd. At least it wasn’t a major injury. What needs to be addressed is how the Bears’ offense was inept just one week after putting up 59 points at Carolina. The Bears scored three points against Minnesota and that was with Williams playing three-and-a-half quarters. It would have been better had it not been for a D’Andre Swift fumble at the 1-yard line and a blocked field goal. The rainy weather was certainly an issue, but it’s not like the Bears won’t be playing more bad weather games. They’re still having trouble getting Luther Burden III, Rome Odunze and Colston Loveland (14 combined catches in two games) involved. One bad game doesn’t mean the Bears are in trouble on offense, but one great game might not make them the highest scoring offense in NFL history either.
“The weather was a major factor in this game,” Bears head coach Ben Johnson said, according to the team’s site. “It was the big story of this game. Both defensive coordinators did a great job making it very challenging for the opposing offense. I thought that was the tale of the tape.”