Ben Johnson's offense is still missing one key aspect that could prevent the Bears from building on the Week 3 success

Ben Johnson's offense was on full display against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 3, there's absolutely no question about that. The Chicago Bears, as a whole, looked like a completely different team compared to what we saw the first two weeks of the season.

Clean and explosive play is exactly what Johnson has been looking for out of his offensive unit and by playing clean football, the explosives were easy to find, resulting in a dominating outing for the Bears.

But, let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. Chicago got back on track in Week 3, but did so against a very bad Cowboys' defense and there's still one aspect of the offense that can hold this team back against higher caliber teams if it's not fixed.

Inconsistent run game still is a major problem that can hold back Chicago's offense

Despite the offensive outing, the run game for the Chicago Bears still left much to be desired and provided just enough on the ground to get the job done, thanks primarily to Johnson.

Between some creative play-calls and frankly the stubbornness to keep pounding the rock without much success, the Bears were able to keep the Cowboys' defense honest and allow quarterback Caleb Williams to pick apart the defense working off the play action.

But, it's not something that can be sustained for this offense. Looking at the numbers, the Bears only rushed for 87 net yards on Sunday. The running backs alone only rushed for 49 yards and averaged 2.6 yards per carry between D'Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai. Wide receivers DJ Moore, Olamide Zaccheaus, and Luther Burden III added 26 yards on the ground.

Stubbornness to stick with it is the only thing that made the Cowboys respect the run game and not drop more players back in coverage to defend against the pass. Look at the 19-play drive in the second-half for example. Chicago ran the ball 11 STRAIGHT times and only totaled eight yards from the running back position on seven of those plays. It was a defining moment of the game, but the backs made that drive much harder than it needed to be.