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Chicago – Bear NFC North was under the control of rival Minnesota Vikings To see only their efforts in the Soldier Field for most of Monday night’s season 27-24 losses,
That rapid start by Chicago was spark by quarterbacks Kaleb Williams In his first regular season game under the new coach Ben Johnson. After going to his entire 2024 crook season without leading the touchdown drive on the beer’s opening possession, Williams recorded his first career Touchdown and Chicago’s first opening-drive TD since the 2023 campaign.
He did this by completing his first 10 passes, which marked the longest streak by a beer quarterback to start the season opener since 1978 and the most frequent perfections in Williams’ NFL career. This helped to take Beers to a four-digit lead to Haftime, which increased to 17-6 benefits after cornerback. Nahashon Wright Record a pick-six in the third quarter.
But as punishment, execution issues and other mistakes piled to the second half, the inability to close another rival of Chicago reminded of the previous season.
“We felt as if we dominated the game, like you said,” Williams said. “We were under control for two scores coming out of half. This mentality is something that we have, something that we promote. It has not happened today. It’s not a placol. It is nothing like that. It is just able to go out and perform those dramas, which are called, they are able to execute them at a higher level.
“Today, this did not happen.”
Monday night outings marked the fourth loss of Chicago in the last four sessions, when the fourth quarter entered with a double -point lead. The Beers have double of them, defeated as any other team in that period.
“I think you definitely feel it when you are there on the sideline,” Johnson said about the speed of motion. “You are moving it, it is going, then suddenly it starts going backwards. Negative plays are happening, whether it is punished or deliberate grounding, things of that nature. It spends us a few digits for a long time.”
Vikings defeated 21 unanswered marks from behind and bear in quarterbacks JJ McCarthiFirst regular-season game. Minnesota’s crime captured speed with three consecutive touchdown drives in the final frame.
But Beers saw a change in the game after flagging the Williams for deliberate grounding in the third quarter. The turning point for Chicago came after two plays, when the kicker Cahira Santos The 50-yard field missed the goal.
“I think we [were] Maybe someone is waiting for a spark or something like this or we just get back in flow, “Bears Right Tackle Darnell right Said. “I think it’s just coming back to the page and just trying to become a spark, this is really.”
Williams was unable to maintain his fast start as his accuracy.
After completing 13 of its 16 passes in the first half, Williams finished the game with a poor-spending rate of 29.4% in the week 1.
A part of it is becoming more aggressive in bringing pressure with the Minnesota Defense Coordinator Brian Floors. After Blitzing at 25% of his dropback in the first half, Vikings gave Williams 44% of the second half.
Beyond the increase in Chicago’s crime, perhaps the most dangerous part of the loss was part of a trend that worried Johnson throughout the presence: Chicago was flagged 12 times for 127 yards, which included four false starts in the first half and two defensive pass intervention punishment which reached 10 points.
“We said that in the week 1, the team that makes the minimum mistakes will win the game,” Johnson said. “Unfortunately, we were on his wrong side. We made a lot of late in the game, including ourselves.
“When you look at the state sheet and you see 12 punishments, it is clean in a hurry, yet we are saying that all training camps, as well as we will find a way to do so. It is going to be a collective effort.
