If you are still trying to piece together how that Week 8 Chicago Bears loss happened, just know that you are not alone.
All Caleb Williams had to do was outperform Tyler Huntley and the Bears would’ve had a real shot at winning this game. And in the first quarter, he did. But then, the rest of the game happened. It should not sit well with anyone at Halas Hall that the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft was outplayed by a journeyman backup. Granted, Huntley is one of the league’s better backups, was a Pro Bowler in 2022, and is a perfect fit for Baltimore. But still … Caleb looked like the backup and Huntley made plays like a first-rounder when it mattered. Again, you can’t script the NFL.CHICAGO BEARS WEEK 8: Game Recap | Instant Grades | The Nightcap
It was truly disheartening to watch promising starts by the offense sputter out in the red zone, so I imagine it was demoralizing for that unit. Meanwhile, those holds by the Ravens defense gave that team new life. Going down 14-0 coming off the bye after a 1-5 start knowing that you have to hit the comeback trail with a backup quarterback feels a lot different than going down 6-0 with the same circumstances. At least Caleb knows that those missed opportunities were huge. “That would’ve created a bunch of momentum for us.” (Tribune) This feels like a good place to mention that I am not giving up on Caleb Williams. It will take more than back-to-back bummer games for me to want to pull out from this experience. With that being said, I’m ready to see more from QB1. Oct 26, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Chicago Bears wide receiver Olamide Zaccheaus (14) runs after making a catch and is tackled by Baltimore Ravens safety Malaki Starks (24) during the first quarter at M&T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images The headline accompanying Jason Lieser’s Sun-Times story sums it up well: “Doomed by problems coach Ben Johnson was hired to solve, Bears lose 30-16 to Ravens.” It wasn’t Ben Johnson’s best game as a play-caller, but I liked his deployment of rookie offensive ineman Ozzy Trapilo as an extra blocker. My favorite usage was on the play action strike that began with Trapilo lined up at fullback before motioning out to provide some extra help on the blindside. I hope the Bears use that more often. Heck, I’d be down to run power out of the I-Formation and allow Kyle Monangai or D’Andre Swift to run behind Trapilo, right guard Jonah Jackson, and right tackle Darnell Wright. I’m not sure how the Bears fix their penalty problems in season. I have an idea of how to fix it after the season, but we’ve still got 10 games to play before we get to that point. And it’s not as if you can bench everyone who keeps committing stupid penalties. Heck, the Bears don’t have enough healthy bodies to make that happen. Can we try hypnosis? I’m willing to get creative here, folks. One bright spot: Rome Odunze. The second-year receiver caught 7 passes for 114 yards. He is still battling with consistency (he needed to haul in that sideline grab because that’s what true WR1-types do). But otherwise, it felt like he was the only one creating separation and getting open. Oct 26, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Chicago Bears wide receiver Rome Odunze (15) runs after making a catch as Baltimore Ravens cornerback Nate Wiggins (2) defends during the first quarter at M&T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Roquan Smith did not have the type of revenge game I thought he would. He registered a team-high 12 tackles (7 solo), but was held to zero sacks, tackles-for-loss, and quarterback hits. In the end, his current team won and that probably matters most to him. Thanks for the memories, Roquan. We’ll always have the good times from 2018-21 when you were criminally underrated and shunned for obvious Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors because you were playing for the Bears anot not someone else. Seriously, I’m still irked (all these years later) about how the narrative about Roquan Smith being a perennial Pro Bowl and All-Pro linebacker conviently shifted as soon as he left the Bears. Nothing has changed about his game. Smith is sitll the same player he was when he was in Chicago. How he was overlooked by the same people who rave about his game now is still a great mystery. I hate that the Bears didn’t make this cowardly punt matter:BAL decided to punt to CHI from the CHI 39* on 4th & 5* with 9:55 remaining in the 4th while winning 16 to 13.With a Surrender Index of 11.56, this punt ranks at the 96th percentile of cowardly punts of the 2025 season, and the 93rd percentile of all punts since 1999.
— Surrender Index 90 (@surrender_idx90) October 26, 2025 Football math: The Ravens decided to punt instead of trying what would have been a 57-yard field goal. This makes me think that if a 57-yarder was as much of a gimme as social media makes it out to be, then why didn’t Balitmore just take the three points? The biggest lesson I learned from Sunday’s game is that this team is far too reliant on turnovers to create points. There is too much variance in that phase of the game to be so heavily reliant on it on game day. This is why I was so angsty when the Bears kicked field goals on their first drives because it felt like the Bears would need extra possessions via turnovers to make up for leaving eight points on the board. I’m still pretty miffed about this non-call, especially with how it has been called on Bears receivers and tight ends in recent weeks:pic.twitter.com/3tKnhmA3B8
— No Context Chicago Bears (@BearsNoContext) October 26, 2025 Nahshon Wright on the play (via Marquee): “I really wanted to make the play. In that instance, he pulled me down and made the catch. I’m never out there looking for the flag, though. I’m looking to make plays on the ball. … From film study, I knew that specific route was coming. I played it the way I played it, but he was able to make the vet move.” I hope Nahshon Wright and the rest of the healthy cornerbacks go deep in the film room this week because Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins are up next on the schedule. On the one hand, the Bears losing on Sunday will quiet the talk of making a trade at the deadline. But on the other hand, I wonder if there are deals to be made for players to help the Bears get through the end of the season. Will there come a point where the team is a seller? I quietly kicked around the idea in my mind of this front office being sellers after the 0-2 start. Being 4-4 at the Nov. 4 NFL Trade Deadline could get me back in that mindset. If you expected Aaron Rodgers to do anyone in the NFC North a solid on Sunday Night Football and take down the Packers, then you should’ve known better. I’ll close out on a high note: A tip of the cap to Justin Fields, who led the New York Jets to their first victory of the year just days after team owner Woody Johnson publicly bus-tossed him. No one deserves their boss talking about them like that publicly (or in any forum). We love it when players make owners look silly, even if it is for a brief moment.MORE BEARS FROM BN: Go Ad-Free | Subscribe to the BN Newsletter
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