CHICAGO
Week 8 result: Baltimore 30, Chicago 16
Offensive rank: 12th (350.1)
Scoring offense: 15th (24.0)
Defensive rank: 25th (350.7)
Scoring defense: 25th (26.4)
Quarterback play: Caleb Williams – 138-for-223 (61.9), 1,636 yards, 9 TD, 4 INT, 90.2 rating
Williams connected on 25-of-38 passes for 285 yards with one interception and a 77.2 passer rating in the loss in Baltimore Sunday.
Quotable: “Penalties and being able to score in the red zone … I think that’s the two main things that we’ve got to fix,” Williams told chicagobears.com after the loss to the Ravens Sunday. “We could have been up 14 with those first two drives that we had. That could have created a bunch of momentum for us, and I think that’s how it’s been a good amount of the year, especially these past two games. (We’ve) been in the red zone a bunch and have not necessarily been able to punch it in.”
Twentyman: It was a pretty accurate assessment from Williams on a couple of areas that continue to plague the Bears. Chicago is just 11-for-23 (47.8 percent) scoring touchdowns in the red zone, which ranks 26th in the NFL. They’ve also been called for 64 penalties in seven games, fifth most in the league, which comes out to roughly nine per contest. Chicago ranks in the top half of the league offensively, which was to be expected with Ben Johnson taking over that side of the football, but defensively they rank in the bottom quarter. If they are going to make a playoff run the next two months they must get more consistent play from their defense.
Next up: at Cincinnati (3-5), Sun., Nov. 2, 1 p.m.
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