Well it was bound to happen at some point. After five nail-biting victories, the Bears luck finally ran out against the Green Bay Packers.
I have been lamenting all year about how hard it is to watch these insane finishes by the Chicago Bears. It seems they keep playing one score games. Until yesterday, they had won five of those. Even more importantly, they have been learning while winning those crazy games. With a rookie head coach and for-all-intents-and-purposes rookie quarterback, the Bears have done the very unique thing of winning a bunch of games while making a ton of rookie mistakes. Well now it is time to see if Yoda is right (we all know he is) and that "failure the best teacher is".
Hopefully the Bears learn from this loss in Green Bay and come back stronger for a playoff run. yesterday when the day started, the Bears were the number one seed in the NFC. Now they aren't even in first place in their division. But that is OK... as long as this loss is a learning experience that propels them forward. Winning on the road in the NFL is incredibly hard. So it is no surprise that the Bears could not win their fourth road game in a row. That feat is set aside for the elite teams in football history. Although the Bears have been incredibly fun this year, they are not a historically elite team. So a win would have been incredibly unexpected. That's why the Packers were favored in Vegas by 6 1/2 points. And sure enough the Bears lost by 7. It's almost like Vegas knows how to win money.
Even though they lost, I can't poke too many holes in the Bears game plan or game. They just flat out sucked in the first half. Their defense was great for the first quarter, the offense was terrible. Then in the second quarter, the defense was average while the offense was still terrible. They didn't even have the ball long enough to count any mistakes. They just didn't do anything.
But in the second half, the Bears offense found their mojo. They started to run the ball down the Packers' throat. By the end of the fourth quarter the elite Packers defense was gassed. But sadly, the Bears could not stop the Packers enough times to make up for the horrible first half they lost 14 to 3.
Lots of people around Chicago are complaining about the last play of the game. That should be no surprise as the Bears threw an interception on on fourth and one from inside the 20 yard line. But honestly, it wasn't the play call that was the problem. the play Ben Johnson called had two chances for success. First, QB Caleb Williams could have ran for a couple of yards and run out of bounds after gaining the first down. That play was there. But Williams chose to throw to a wide open receiver in the end zone. Normally that is a great idea. Unfortunately that Packers elite defense put so much pressure on Williams that he threw with no power off his back foot. This resulted in an under thrown lolly pop that the Packers easily intercepted. So it was a good play call that was not executed properly by a young quarter back. i can live with that.
The main reason I can live with the terrible result is that Caleb Williams has shown that he learns from his mistakes. And this was a huge mistake. Hopefully next time, Williams makes the right choice and takes the first down. It's tough o get too mad at a guy who brought the Bears back from an 11 point defect in bad weather conditions on the road.
The Bears still look like a playoff team. One way or another we will learn if this is fools gold two weeks from now when these teams square off in Chicago.
As a lifelong Bears fan.... It sucked to watch. Granted this entire year so far is sort of a fluke to be honest. There is no way the Bears should have been leading their division after the last year we had haha.
But also given how we pulled way too many wins out of butts this year it was bound to happen where we didn't clinch the "W" in the last 30 seconds of the game either haha.
Let's just hope they did learn a lot from this game so when we play them again in a couple weeks we can give Green Bay the whopping they deserve!
I had the chance to watch a bit of the game right when the Green Bay Packers scored the game-winning touchdown. They were tied at 21 points, and that touchdown decided the game. Although the Bears had one last chance with their three timeouts, this time there was no miracle, and their winning streak was snapped. It was a painful loss, but one that provides valuable lessons for when they meet again in two weeks. Things will surely change then, and we'll see the Bears victorious and on their way to the playoffs, becoming a much stronger team.
The Bears really struggled significantly in the first half.I can now see why you talked about your defibrillator at times.
But like you said,they actually mounted a comeback in the second half, outscoring the Packers 18-14 with key plays like a 17 play touchdown drive to tie it at 21-21 late in the fourth, but a game ending interception by Packers CB Keisean Nixon sealed the defeat.
They should learn from this and let's see how they would perform against Green Bay on December 20,for me it is going to be a critical rematch.
I feel like they made it closer than we did against Green Bay. That stupid trade at the beginning of the season was a definite boon for them. I really can't stand the packers, but the one thing I do respect about them is the fact that the team is fan owned. That's a kind of cool twist that makes them a bit special.
I can’t believe they got Parsons. He’s a game wrecker.
Although they lost to a direct rival, that's a great point. Since they're mostly rookies, they'll make mistakes, but the important thing is that they learn from them and can correct them in the next game against them, which is very soon. So the Bears are a team for the future and also for the present, and even tough losses serve as learning experiences for what's to come.
The more close the game is, the more interesting and liked it is by the fans. Sometimes it seems like this team will win, sometimes it seems like that team will win
Every team member makes mistakes, but if they start learning from them, then in the future their team will definitely become a perfect team. Just like they have also made some mistakes. If they change these things, the future will be even more special for them. They could have won the game, but the hope is that they will learn from it and then in the future they will make their fans happy by winning.
That's a brilliant way to frame the Bears' season. You've perfectly captured that unique, tense phase of development. Winning those nail-biters built crucial resilience and confidence, proving they have the "clutch" gene. Now, as you say, a painful failure like yesterday can be the catalyst that turns raw talent into disciplined execution. Yoda's wisdom absolutely applies: this loss could force a sharper focus that pure wins couldn't. The foundation is there; this might be the lesson that solidifies it.
Life long Packers fan, so I must say I was happy! It was a good game.
Go Bears!
I think this match was actually a big lesson for the first half disaster and the last minute bad decisions. Still, the way Caleb Williams handled the pressure and brought the team back is really commendable.
Tough loss, but honestly not a surprising one for such a young QB coach duo. These are the kinds of games that hurt now but pay off later. If they learn from this, it could be a turning point for the playoff push. Still a lot of promise in this team.