If the Chicago Bears want to fix their offense before their Monday Night Football showdown with the Philadelphia Eagles, they can start at the line of scrimmage.
When I was a reporter covering high school and college football, I made it a point to talk with offensive linemen before games. Those conversations let me learn so much about football. Seeing the results from a press box or at field level is one thing. But you get a deeper understanding with perspective from those who play in the trenches on the line of scrimmage.
Hence, I found this commentary from Chicago Bears right guard Jonah Jackson interesting. Check out what Jackson had to say during a media hit on 104.3 The Score earlier in the week as he dissected what ailed Chicago’s offense in Week 2:
Jonah Jackson breaks down what it was like to play in the rainy weather Sunday and how it affected both sides in the Bears' loss to the Vikings."A lot of it was us making mistakes above the neck," he says of the Bears' struggles."It's nothing we can't fix." pic.twitter.com/wqYiRwZCpQ
— 104.3 The Score (@thescorechicago) September 21, 2026Fixing What’s Wrong With the Bears Offense
Jackson saying the Bears’ issues are “above the neck” fills me with mixed feelings. On the one hand, it was evident in my rewatch that many of the offense’s problems were self-inflicted. Mistakes in lining up led to procedural penalties that put the offense behind the sticks. Even when it didn’t result in a penalty, lining up in the wrong place led to poor execution, with players not being where they were supposed to be throughout the game. As is often the case, the little things added up. But if the Bears can fix that, they could make what happened in Week 2 a blip instead of the start of an alarming trend.
Sep 20, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Bears running back Kyle Monangai (25) runs the ball against the Minnesota Vikings during the first half at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-Imagn ImagesWe could start with Garrett Bradbury. Chicago’s center has stumbled out of the gate. Even though Bradbury’s reputation wasn’t sterling coming into this season, I expected more from a veteran with 105 starts heading into the 2026 campaign. I certainly wasn’t expecting him to get penalized more in Week 2 (four times) than he was in 2025 (just once). It is a small sample, but the first two weeks have captured the worst-case scenario of what the fall-off from 2025 Pro Bowler Drew Dalman would look like. If Bradbury can clean it up, it could go a long way. If it doesn’t, then I imagine we’ll start hearing more clamoring for rookie Logan Jones.
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Perhaps the Bears could use a personnel shakeup. For instance, scaling back on the 13 personnel (1 running back 3 tight ends) could be in the cards. The Athletic’s Kevin Fishbain notes (via Twitter/X) that Chicago’s offense has run 25 plays in 13 personnel in its first two games. Unfortunately, only six have resulted in a positive in the expected points added (EPA) column. For what it’s worth, this could have been the seventh:
Bears trot out 13 personnel and align in an Empty formation. They try to snap it quick, but rookie Sam Roush isn't set (and might be running the wrong route) and they get hit with a penalty.Wipes away a nice gain to Colston Loveland. pic.twitter.com/s4qX1IkpAY
— Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) September 22, 2026But as Nate Tice points out in the tweet above, the Bears used 13 personnel successfully … only to see rookie tight end Sam Roush not getting set, resulting in a penalty that wiped out a Colston Loveland first down. Roush has played on 22 percent of the offensive snaps this season. That number might seem high, but it is in line with the 25.4 percent snap share that TE3 Durham Smythe had last year. That said, after Roush’s awful Soldier Field debut, I expect that number to drop in Week 3.
Even if the Bears tweak some things on the offense, real change will come only if the team cleans up mental mistakes, doesn’t make unforced errors, and holds onto the ball. If Chicago can check those three boxes, it would go a long way moving forward.
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