Bears Blitz

New Orleans Saints vs. Chicago Bears: Full Report Card Grades for Chicago

Published by Matt Eurich on December 16, 2014
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears

After losing two straight games to the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys on consecutive Thursdays, the Chicago Bears were unable to get anything going on Monday Night Football against the New Orleans Saints. Chicago mustered just 278 yards of total offense and lost 31-15.

The Bears were forced to start four rookies on Monday night, including two who went undrafted this past May, via Bob LeGere of the Daily Herald:

#Bears start 4 rookies tonight: CB Kyle Fuller, S Brock Vereen, LB Christian Jones and OLG Ryan Groy. Jones and Groy were both undrafted.

— Bob LeGere (@BobLeGere) December 16, 2014

Chicago’s defense struggled all night and gave up 443 yards of total offense. Saints quarterback Drew Brees completed 29 of his 36 pass attempts for 275 yards with three touchdowns and finished with a quarterback rating of 137.8.

In addition to being unable to slow down Brees on defense, Chicago’s offense struggled to get into any kind of rhythm.

“Overall, I just think it’s rhythm,” tight end Martellus Bennett said Monday night, via Adam L. Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times. “We really don’t have a flow or a rhythm. There are some positions on the team that need to step up with leadership and things like that around the club.”

When pressed on who needs to step up in terms of leadership, Bennett would not elaborate.

“Several people,” he said. “I don’t really get into the name thing. They know who they are.”

Head coach Marc Trestman appeared to have no answers for his team’s performance during his postgame press conference, via Jon Greenberg of ESPNChicago.com: