5 reasons Week 10 win did not turn Chicago Bears season around

Despite a win that stopped the bleeding, the Chicago Bears are still a team with too many flaws to overcome this season

We had a day or so to soak in what it felt like to win again. With four straight losses, and a bye week in between, it felt like the Chicago Bears were never going to win again. However, a 20-13 victory over the Lions signified the end of a losing streak, and brought the team back to 4-5.

With a huge game at the reeling Los Angelas Rams on deck, some fans are going to make this out to be a huge game that could restore the Bears season. However, the Rams are struggling themselves, and even with a win, the team is going to have to show a lot more to truly prove that they are back to being contenders.

These are five reasons why expectations need to remain in place despite a win.

5. Sacks and snaps

The Bears turned to Cody Whitehair at center, pushing James Daniels to guard. The move makes sense considering this is where the two played last season. Mitch Trubisky and Matt Nagy noted better communication, and with a young guard Rashad Coward, Whitehair’s experience helped.

It sounds as if the team is going to run it back with Whitehair. Still, while the move helped, it did not fix everything. To start, Whitehair moved to guard because he has issues with snaps.

There were multiple snap issues in this game, and plays were wasted due to this issue. Is the communication a good offset? Yes. Still, a team that wastes a play or two per game due to a bad snap is not going on a late-season run.

Beyond that, Trubisky took five sacks. Considering the team led most of the second half, taking sacks in these spots was bad. This is not all on Whitehair, as sacks have been an issue all year.

Still, this does show that despite a few big plays against a bad defense, that bad defense still took advantage of what is a struggling offensive line. This win and the move to Whitehair did not fix the offensive line.