Chicago Bears surging up in NFL power rankings

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According to NFL.com’s latest power rankings, the Chicago Bears have moved up to the 14th-ranked team in the NFL. Ben Johnson’s team has moved up four spots from last week after Sunday’s 26-14 victory over the New Orleans Saints.

Eric Edholm from NFL.com mentioned the emergence of D’Andre Swift and rookie running back Kyle Monangai as reasons the team has moved up. He also mentioned that even though Williams has been struggling at quarterback, they are still finding ways to win games.

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 The Bears still have much room to improve

The Bears have the potential to be even better than what they currently are, and that starts with the passing game. While Caleb Williams has shown many flashes of greatness, he has still been inconsistent. During Week 7’s win, Williams did not play his best. He missed multiple layup throws and was running around too much. The pass protection has been better, but still at times has struggled, particularly at left tackle. Theo Benedet missed some blocks that led to Williams running for his life a couple of times.

Chicago also needs to clean up the penalties. The Bears shoot themselves in the foot many times in the red zone due to false start penalties. This has to be cleaned up going into Baltimore on Sunday.

Thankfully, the Bears have a great head coach and great coaching staff that the players clearly want to play for and win for. It’s clearly showing how good the coaching staff has been throughout the last four wins. If the Bears had a different coaching staff, they would not have a 4-2 record.