Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears See Lead Evaporation in MNF Loss

Chicago – The Bears were in the control of the rival rival Minnesota Vikings For most season opens on Monday on a military field just to be their efforts that are spent in a 27-24 Loss.

That fast starting from Chicaga was launched sampling Caleb Williams In his first game of the regular season under the new coach Ben Johnson. After passing the whole Rookie season without taking Touchdown at the opening of bears, Williams recorded their first career for a moment in the first place in Chicago’s first opening-drive TD of 2023 campaigns.

It was thus completed by its first 10 passages, which marked the longest railway of the bear to start the season opener since 1978. years and the most consecutive ending to Williams’ NFL careers. Helped bears carry a four-year lead in half-year that spread to a margin of 17-6 years after tortoises Nahshon Wright He recorded a choice-six in the third quarter.

But as penalties, questions and errors of execution in the second half, the incapacity of Chicago to close another opponent feels reminded of previous seasons.

“We felt like we were dominating in the game, as you said,” Williams said. “We’ve been in control of two results that went out half. That mentality is something that’s like today. It’s just able to find them. It’s nothing like that. It’s nothing like that. It’s nothing like that. It’s nothing like that

“It didn’t happen today.”

Monday nights marked the fourth loss of Chicago in the last four seasons when entering the fourth quarter with two-digit lead. Bears have twice as much as these losses as any other team over that range.

“I think you certainly feel it when you’re there on the page,” Johnson said about Moment. “You went, passed, then suddenly starts going back. Negative plays happen, whether they were punishable or intentionally grounding. It cost few points.”

Vikings rattled from 21 unanswered points to get from behind and beat the bear in return JJ McCarthiThe first game of the regular season. The Minnesota offense captured a momentum with three consecutive drives for the congestion in the final frame.

But the bears saw that the change of the game after Williams are marked for intentional grounding late in the third quarter. Milestone for Chicago came that two plays were later, when Kicker Cairo Santos He missed a goal in a field of 50 yard.

“I feel like we may have waited for someone to be a spark or something or just back to the flow” Darnell Vright said. “I feel like I’m just coming back to the page and I’m just trying to be sparks, that’s really it.”

Williams was unable to support his quick start as his accuracy dropped.

After completing 13 of the 16 passes in the first half, Williams ended the game with the NFL-worst speed of 29.4% in 1. The week.

Part that has to do with Minnesota Brian Flores Defense Coordinators becomes more aggressive in bringing pressure. After Villiams glistened to 25% of their suffering in the first half, the Vikings moved to Williams 44% of the time in the second half.

Beiond Chicago’s offense Stagnant, may be the smallest partial loss on Monday, who brought Johnson in full preseason: Chicago is 12ams, which included four false in the first half and two defensive transient perifets that led up to 10 points.

“We said you were going on Sunday 1 for the team to make the smallest number of mistakes received a match,” Johnson said. “Unfortunately, we were on the wrong side of it. We’ve been in the game too much, including me.

“When you look down on the stat list and see 12 penalties, we need to clean up in a hurry, but we still said that all training camp will find it. It will be done. It will be the ultimate effort. It will be a collective effort. “