Chiefs 23, Bears 7: Another dismal outing, another loss

The Bears revert back to the same preseason week one woes; a disappointing offense and struggling pass defense. Here’s our rapid reaction on the Bears loss to Kansas City.

Here’s another preseason tilt that would’ve been better had it been played privately. Save for the heroics of third string quarterback Connor Shaw, who eventually left with a demoralizing and most likely season ending leg injury, the Bears might’ve gotten shut out for the second time in the preseason.

Again, the Bears starting offense was anemic, failing to keep stay consistent from last week’s game against New England. While that will be the main headline from the third preseason, here are some other bits, good and bad, from the Bears loss to the Chiefs.

The Good

The main thing here is the run defense.

Led by the defensive line, the first-string run defense was tough at the point of attack. The Chiefs’ starting offensive line isn’t bad either, as they head into the 2016 season as maybe the best offensive line Andy Reid has had in his tenure in Kansas City. That was a very positive note for a defense that’s looking for any bright spot.

Shaw was also one of the best parts of the game. The South Carolina alum replaced Brian Hoyer after Hoyer got shaken up in the fourth quarter and led the Bears on their first scoring drive at home this preseason. But …

The Bad

Shaw left the game with what looked like a broken ankle, which would end his season. That was the deflating cherry on top for the Bears, who had 20 total first half yards and didn’t score until the fourth quarter.

The first-string offense had little to no chemistry; Alshon Jeffery dropped two passes, one which was a perfect bomb from Jay Cutler, and Kevin White was nowhere to be found. The offensive line doesn’t deserve to be mentioned, but we have to do our due diligence. They couldn’t even block three rushers on a Hail Mary situation. Cutler proceeded to get stripped on a sack as the half expired.

Lest we forget about the pass defense, which took another hit this week with Tracy Porter suffering a concussion. Despite his interception, Deiondre’ Hall did not look good in the slightest. Hall got turned around on a 58-yard completion to Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill, where he first got burned, then allowed Hill to readjust enough to catch a very underthrown ball by Nick Foles of all quarterbacks. What about Alex Smith? He finished with a statline of 20-30 and 181 yards.

Of course the preseason is just the preseason, but how much longer can that excuse be made? Yeah, the games don’t count, but wouldn’t it be nice to see some kind of consistent production from the first stringers?

At least the Bears Twitter account were able to make light of this debacle.