How do you even start a morning-after post today?
In case you fell asleep when the Bears held a 17-6 lead, this post should tell you everything you need to know about what happened after you dozed off. Chicago’s football team choked away a winnable game in ways that would be inconceivable if you hadn’t already seen them in previous games. What’s old was new again for the Bears in Week 1, and in all of the worst ways. It was a failure at all levels and in every phase of the game. Rome wasn’t built in a day, and I think we can safely say the same about the next competitive Bears team.MORE WEEK 1 COVERAGE: Game Recap | Instant Grades | The Nightcap
So … how did the Bears lose this game? Well, it begins in the trenches and at the snap of the ball. The issues that constantly popped up in training camp and the preseason with presnap penalties and unforced errors showed up in Week 1. The good news is that these are fixable mistakes. But the bad news is that they have lingered far too long, and to see them seep into Week 1 is equal parts concerning and damning. The penalties were truly unacceptable. Sep 8, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) rushes the ball past Minnesota Vikings safety Theo Jackson (26) during the second half at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images Is there an eloquent way of writing that the Bears sucked down the stretch while also pointing out that the officiating sucked in the most crucial moments in a way that helped spark a Vikings comeback? Two egregious penalties helped turn the momentum in this game. First, it was the phantom holding call on right tackle Darnell Wright, which was the beginning of the end of a drive that took the team out of comfortable field goal range. The other was a defensive pass interference call on Tyrique Stevenson, which came on third down and gave the Vikings a fresh set of downs.This is NOT Holding. pic.twitter.com/y4vYOtalhd
— Coach Dan Casey (@CoachDanCasey) September 9, 2025Bears called for pass interference because Nailor slipped pic.twitter.com/mUiL1yd6T2
— Rate the Refs (@Rate_the_Refs) September 9, 2025 It was haunting how Minnesota immediately took advantage with a J.J. McCarthy touchdown pass. But it was also emblematic of what Chicago went through last night (and has been going through for quite some time). Few things irk me in the same way as watching opponents take advantage of the Bears’ mistakes when the Bears cannot do the same when presented with opportunities. There is just no way that the Minnesota Vikings should have won that game with J.J. McCarthy playing this way through three quarters:J.J. McCarthy's EPA per dropback by quarter in Week 1:First: -1.31Second: -0.30Third: -2.77Fourth: +0.93 t.co/uGNrrtKFZv pic.twitter.com/w5BqUgL0As
— The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) September 9, 2025 I hate how much last night’s loss reminded me of the loss to the Commanders from last year. The Bears defense had a rookie quarterback on the ropes for three quarters. And despite a mostly underwhelming showing from the opposing QB, a late push boosts the player’s stats *AND* became a narrative-building win. Thinking about it is gross and it makes me want to throw up my breakfast. If you’re looking for something encouraging, take a look at how the Bears’ defensive line performed. Dayo Odeyingbo deserves a fist-bump for his efforts on Monday Night Football. Odeyingbo, who didn’t have a great summer, stuffed the stat sheet with 2 tackles, 1 sack, 1 tackle-for-loss, and 2 quarterback hits. Also deserving of a dap up is Gervon Dexter Sr., who contributed 2 solo tackles, 1 tackle-for-loss, and 1 quarterback hit. Tanoh Kpassagnon, who was elevated from the practice squad and onto the active roster before the game, collected 1 sack, 1 tackle-for-loss, and 2 quarterback hits. On the one hand, it was encouraging to see quarterback Caleb Williams get off to a hot start. This throw to wide receiver Rome Odunze was an absolute rope….@CALEBcsw with a laser to @RomeOdunze : @ESPNNFL pic.twitter.com/vvI1f9UUTB
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) September 9, 2025 … but on the other hand, a hot start followed by fizzling out as the game wore on is a trend we have seen with every Bears first-round quarterback who has graced our presence since this site’s launch in 2017. We saw it with Mitchell Trubisky and Justin Fields. And now, we are seeing it with Williams. As was the case with Fields and Trubisky, Williams made some tremendous plays on the move and when asked to improvise. But the inability to play on time in Week 1 was a deciding factor in the Bears losing on Monday Night Football. If Caleb hits the gimme throws that were there throughout the night, the yards and points the Vikings cooked up would have looked like empty calories. I’m mnot 100 percent sure what to make of this graphic, but I felt it was worth sharing in Bullets:Ben Johnson can only do so much[image or embed]
— Steven Patton (@pattonanalytics.bsky.social) September 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM My takeaway from the graphic above is that so much of Caleb Williams’ success on “scripted” plays was improvised that I’m not sure how to read said graph. Rookies almost never hit the ground running. Even still … the early return on investment for this draft class was suboptimal. First-round tight end Colston Loveland and second-round receiver Luther Burden III combined for three catches. Second-round offensive tackle Ozzy Trapilo was riding the pine. Shemar Turner, the team’s second-round defensive tackle, was a healthy scratch. This group has a lot of work to do before it it can start living up to its potential. The ManningCast had some enjoyable moments:Peyton and Eli break down the first MNF touchdown of the season from Caleb Williams Watch Vikings-Bears on ABC, ESPN and the ESPN App pic.twitter.com/pg5bddIsR1
— ESPN (@espn) September 9, 2025Eli & Peyton demonstrate all the work Caleb Williams has to do pre-snap in Ben Johnson’s offense. pic.twitter.com/5NGRblhztB
— Omaha Productions (@OmahaProd) September 9, 2025 Fun with Caleb’s touchdown run:Caleb Williams reached a top speed of 20.29 mph on his 9-yard scramble TD run, the fastest speed of his career and 10th-fastest by a QB since the start of last season.Williams had just a 17.8% probability of scoring a TD when he took off to run at the 16.Powered by @awscloud pic.twitter.com/Cd3MFkdkJZ
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