Power rankings accurately reflect Bears’ double loss

Everyone should have seen this coming, and some people did.

Shortly after Sunday’s desert disaster for the Bears, quarterback Caleb Williams was asked if he thought the Hail Mary loss in Washington had an impact on the team.

“I think we could have done better overall in terms of recovery going into the week,” Williams said. “I know this is a difficult loss. It’s a tough loss, no matter who you are in the stadium, whether you’re playing there or making decisions up there.”

The Bears lost to the Cardinals immediately following their loss to the Commanders.

In this week’s Power Rankings, the No. 33 team’s Marcus Mosher pointed out the consequences of turning a loss into two losses. Many others did the same.

However, Mosher added an element to explain why.

“Young teams often turn one loss into another,” Mosher wrote. “And that’s exactly what happened to the Chicago Bears in Week 9 when they allowed a Hail Mary loss to the Commanders to affect their game against the Cardinals this week.”

The Bears are still a young team. They had the eighth youngest squad entering the season and have a few older players like Marcedes Lewis and Patrick Scales who tip the scales, so to speak.

It still doesn’t justify how the coaching staff handled the whole situation.

This week’s power rankings reflect a lack of confidence in the Bears, their coaching staff and their ability to get back into the game.

SI.com: 19th place

They dropped to one place and Conor Orr came to the defense sort of for Matt Eberflus due to fan criticism for his blitz call before Sunday’s end, noting that everyone wanted him to blitz on the Hail Mary.

“For example, Eberflus beat Kyler Murray before the half—exactly what fans, in retrospect, wanted Eberflus to do against Jayden Daniels on the Hail Mary drive—and it led to a 50-plus-yard rushing touchdown.” Orr wrote.

Guess what? Two different situations. The Hail Mary was the last play. They didn’t know for sure that the streak that Arizona broke was the last play of the half. The ball carrier or receiver had plenty of time to step out of bounds, resulting in a field goal, or even throw it, go up to the line, and put the ball down for a field goal attempt. But with only two seconds left in the game, there was only one option left to attack the Hail Mary. The blitz was a completely wrong decision against Arizona, a terrible decision.

CBS Sports: 18th place

They dropped four positions and Pete Prisco, one of their staunchest supporters in the power rankings have abandoned ship this year.

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“There’s all this talk about this team possibly making the playoffs,” Prisco wrote. “They looked lifeless against Arizona.”

ESPN: 20th place

The elevator goes down when they are down five positions. This week’s topic for ESPN it was This was the most important game left for the team, and it was an easy one. This week against New England.

Yahoo Sports: 19th place

A real drop of six positions after domination and Frank Schwab says the Bears’ coaching staff is in a “bad position.” “This is a failure, the ad for the Washington game had serious errors in the Cardinals loss,” Schwab wrote.

NFL.com: 17th

Dropping them four positions, Erik Edholm, cancels playoffs for the team.

“Even the Bears defense, as lacking as it was last week, has regressed,” Edholm wrote.

USA Today: 14th place

Nate Davis they have 14 points in the play-off pool but are three places behind. That’s not all that’s slipping away.

“The offense is down — 24 points in the current two-game skid — and thus there may be some confidence in HC Matt Eberflus,” Davis wrote.

33rd team: 17th place

Only lost one place because I got beat up on Sunday Mosher finds the essence for the Bears, just like he made the essence of the game.

“Chicago is still a talented team, but this was not the game they should have lost in Arizona,” Mosher wrote.

Pro Football Talk: The 20th

down three positions and Florio’s commentary on the Hail Mary reveals that the Bears needed aspirin.

“The Hail Mary hangover lasted longer than it should have,” Florio wrote.

Athletic: 20th place

Drop from the 17th This week’s topic didn’t quite fit the mood in Chicago. It was a desire to write something good about the team. Their choice? “Tory Tayor was a good choice”

Sports news: No. 18

They were dropped Vinnie Iyer four places and their terrible away results under Matt Eberflus cannot be entirely blamed on the coach.

“The Bears face additional growing pains with Caleb Williams, leading to some setbacks on the road,” Iyer wrote.

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