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Williams now has 597 passing attempts in his career with only 6 INTs. With 4 more attempts without one, his INT% will be under 1.0. The only QB under 1.4 is Jacoby Brissett at 1.36. Aaron Rodgers is at 1.4. Justin Herbert is the only other QB under 1.7%. To put that into perspective, Williams could throw 2 INTs in his next 3 passing attempts and still have the lowest INT% in NFL history.

I know people love PFF grades. Top 3 and Bottom 3 players from both sides: 1. Wright - 77.9 2. Williams - 77.1 <insert eyeball emoji here> 3. Zaccheaus - 72.1 14. Loveland - 52.1 15. Monangai - 51.4 16. Jackson - 31.0 > very concerning. It felt like he either had a false start or missed a block. 1. Owens - 74.9 2. Wright - 74.4 3. Stevenson - 69.1 > played surprisingly well 15. McCloud - 44.1 16. Williams - 42.2 17. Billings - 34.3 > concerning considering his RDEF grade was 37.7.

From what I have seen online, since it would be a penalty, MIN could just decline and make him rekick. So the only other option was to go for an onside kick and try to tackle them within 3 seconds, which is not a guarantee.

Here is the fake holding call on Wright, it is one of the worst calls I have seen in a long time, with the ref looking right at it:

Yeah, absolutely, luckily Owens made a great tackle on the next play so it didn't cost the Bears points. It just sucks because now this hangs over everyone's heads. The game is over if the Bears score a TD with first and 10 at the 12 if Wright is not called for touching a defender as he falls to the ground. To me it just felt like the league didn't want a blowout on MNF and all of a sudden, in the 4th quarter, they start making all of these phantom calls, but only on the Bears. Mason had 2 long runs (both in 4Q, both on TD drives) where there was clearly holding right at the point of attack, which is an easy call because in order for the hole to be that big it's either a missed gap assignment or a hold. The Bears were held both times, no call.

So I think we can safely say that some of the preseason can be correlated to the regular season. Special Teams was an issue in the preseason, and it was also in Week 1. On punts, MIN's PR Price averaged 17.0 on his returns (which is crazy). Duvernay averaged 9.3. The Bears lost 31 net yards in punt coverage. Wright was 7-333 on punts averaging 47.6. Taylor was 6-266 for only 44.3 per punt. So the Bears lost another 20 net yards in just punts. That is 51 lost yards without the offense or defense on the field, which basically equates to at least 3 pts. I don't know how a punter loses 10 yards off his punts from college to the pros. Then our glorious Captain Kicker got to watch Reichard go 2/2 on FGs and hit a 59-yarder while Santos missed a 50-yarder going the same way and couldn't kick the ball out of the end zone to save his life. He also barely made his lone FG. All in all, not good. At some point will Hightower ever be held accountable?

Time of Possession: Bears 32:53 Vikings 27:07

Penalties: Bears 12-127 Vikings 8-50

People forget how bad last year's Week 1 was because the Bears won, but I doubt people remember that the offense didn't score a TD (Stevenson had a Pick-6 and Owens had a Blocked Punt Return). The offense had 11 first downs, 5 passing, and had 148 total yards. This year they had 20 first downs, 10 passing, and had 317 total yards against a better defense. Williams' performance has also improved: 2024: 14-29, 93 yards, 48.3%, 0 TD, 0 INT, 3.2 Y/A, 2 sacks, 55.7 QB Rating, 22.5 QBR, 5-15 rushing. 2025: 21-35, 210 yards, 60.0%, 1 TD, 0 INT, 6.0 Y/A, 2 sacks, 86.6 QB Rating, 63.8 QBR, 6-58 rushing, 1 TD.

Week 1 - Penix - 83.7 QBR - 298 yds, 1 TD, 1 sack, and 21 rushing yards. 319 Total Yards. Lost. Williams - 63.8 QBR - 210 yds, 1 TD, 2 sacks, and 58 rushing yards and 1 TD. 268 Total Yards. Lost. Daniels - 55.1 QBR - 233 yds, 1 TD, 3 sacks, and 68 rushing yards. 301 Total Yards. Won. McCarthy - 52.6 QBR - 143 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT, 3 sacks, and 25 rushing yards and 1 TD. 168 Total Yards. Won. Maye - 39.3 QBR - 287 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT, 4 sacks, and 11 rushing yards. 298 Total Yards. Lost. Nix - 19.2 QBR - 176 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT, 1 sack, and 18 rushing yards + 1 fumble lost. 194 Total Yards. Won. Crazy to think both McCarthy and Nix accounted for under 200 total yards and both won is crazy. Nix had 3 Turnovers and won.

The Pick-6 is just an INT, they don't get docked for the outcome of the play. McCarthy's Raw QBR was 47.9 and Caleb's was 64.8. The 63.8 is Caleb's 5th highest game of his career, and he is ranked 13th after Week 1. Williams 77.1 PFF Grade was also 13th this week for QBs.

Almost every game comes down to 2-3 plays. Regardless how the rest of the game played out, there was no less than 7 pts lost to terrible officiating. It is one thing to miss a call, it is another to actually impact the outcome of the game with a phantom call, and the Bears had two back-breaking ones in a 5-minute span to start the 4th Quarter. Phantom Holding Call on Wright = -3 or -7 pts (Bears would've had the ball at the 12, led to a missed FG) Phantom DPI on Stevenson = -4 pts (next play was a TD)

Obviously the offense needs a lot of work but Jackson and Wright accounted for 50+ yards in penalties that were drive killers. Defense was missing 3 starters so I thought they held up but were out there a lot in the 4th. The refs did them no favors extending multiple MIN drives. Impossible to stop when the refs kept doing it. Santos sucks. Should be cut. Can't believe you watch the opponents Kicker hit a 59 yarder then you miss a 50 yarder and can't kick one out of the end zone. How about our 4th round punter? Wtf he sucks. How do you get worse when all you have to do is kick the ball?

Refs have decided to take over this game. Unbelievable calls all against the Bears.

Wright with a 74 yard Pick 6 wow. Guarding Jefferson too.

Damn a 59 yarder at Solder Field. That is crazy.

Run game has been basically non existent. Swift also seems to be missing some holes on cutbacks.

Dayo and Sewell have played great.

First drive TD drive was promising. Penalties need to be cut out, huge DPI on defense led to 3 pts for MIN and false starts killing the offense.

Yeah for sure. Edwards is basically out. Johnson seems to be on a snap count, and Gordon was a last minute add, which is never a good sign.

Year 2 QB - QBR Tracker Penix - 83.7 QBR - 298 yds, 1 TD, 1 sack, and 21 rushing yards. 319 Total Yards. Lost. Daniels - 55.1 QBR - 233 yds, 1 TD, 3 sacks, and 68 rushing yards. 301 Total Yards. Won. Maye - 39.3 QBR - 287 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT, 4 sacks, and 11 rushing yards. 298 Total Yards. Lost. Nix - 19.2 QBR - 176 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT, 1 sack, and 18 rushing yards + 1 fumble lost. 194 Total Yards. Won. A few things to note, Nix saw the 2nd lowest Pressure Rate of any QB this week at 18.6%, while Daniels saw the 3rd lowest Pressure Rate at 21.6%. Those two QBs had it easy, yet Nix looked really really bad for a QB at home in the 2nd year of the same offense. Penix saw the 5th highest pressure rate at 43.5% and still played really solid in a loss. Maye looked exactly like he did last year, a couple of good plays with more bad plays.

He had 30 snaps. Van Ness had 36.

For the highest paid non-QB, I didn't think he looked that good. Compare that game to what Mack looked like in 2018. Parsons had a garbage time sack on a drive that the Lions scored a TD on, so it was pretty non-consequential.

Darrisaw is not 100% and may not actually play, that would be another huge loss for MIN:

Hutchinson is never going to be the same player. It was crazy talk about him coming back for the SB if the Lions got that far and even in the offseason videos, he looked slower. Both sides of the ball didn't look particularly well, but they did lose both coordinators. Bears will get them next week on a short week in Detroit. So that is a double negative for the Bears, especially with all the current injuries. I just hope that same DET team shows up next week.