The Chicago Bears rate against the Washington Commanders

Bears Game Day Live: Lou and Anthony explore the Bears themselves through 6 games

The Bears were open about their ability to explore themselves during the bye week. Anthony Herron and Lou Canellis provide their own scouting of the Bears for six games.

The Chicago Bears had it.

Until they didn’t.

A Hail Mary throw won the game for the Commanders.

Here are our numbers from the heartbreaking loss in Maryland.

Caleb Williams

It’s hard to give Williams a bad grade.

He didn’t have time to throw and didn’t really get into a rhythm until the fourth quarter.

Williams was on target in the final frame. That’s all he needed, thanks to the Bears defense pinning Washington.

In the fourth quarter, Williams led the Bears to a go-ahead touchdown with his breakaway ability, hitting Keenan Allen and then scrambling for yards on broken plays.

After the trouble he had starting the match, Williams took care of it. That is why we rate it with a strong curve.

He may not have looked like that at all at the start of the match. He looked like the attacking leader who was in complete control of the game at the end.

Grade: C+ (With a curve)

D’Andre Swift

DJ Moore and Keenan Allen set the Bears up against the Panthers and Jaguars, respectively.

Against Washington, the Bears turned to running backs.

Swift’s 56-yard touchdown run sparked the Bears’ offense. He also ran and jumped (literally) over the commander’s defenses on his way to a 100-yard day. When nothing else worked, the Bears had it in Swift.

Grade: A

Montez sweat

Sweat fought injuries all day and made a huge difference.

He pressured Jayden Daniels all day, and when he commanded attention, players like Jacob Martin and Austin Booker were able to get to Daniels in the fourth quarter.

Those hits from Martin and Booker seemed to aggravate the rib injury that has plagued Daniels week-to-week over the past week. Sweat had a sack and two tackles for loss against his former team that night.

Grade: A+

Shane Waldron

This would be a much better figure until the biggest play of the game.

Third and goal from the one-yard line, and Waldron called a full-back dive.

The full back in this case was backup center Doug Kramer. Kramer fumbled the ball away to Washington and never got a clear hand on the handoff.

On a team that featured Roschon Johnson and Travis Homer, the Bears opted to give the ball to a player who had never handled the ball before. This lowers the grade to an F.

Grade: F