Chicago Bears fall to Browns in preseason finale: Defensive grades

Secondary: D

Of course, nothing about the Chicago Bears can ever be perfect on a given day. And by far the worst thing about the defense’s performance was the secondary.

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Much like the offensive line, fans better pray that none of the starters or immediate reserves miss time with injury. If they do, we’re going to see some really ugly play from the backup corners and safeties.

If I had to pick one guy that did play well, it was probably Adrian Amos. And it wasn’t because he made any outstanding plays necessarily. He just came up, soundly tackled people and generally showed up where he needed to be. That’s how low the bar was for playing well in the secondary last night.

Backup corners like B.W. Webb and Johnthan Banks simply couldn’t cover anyone last night.

Webb had an especially horrid effort on a touchdown throw and catch in the fourth quarter. He got turned around on a back-shoulder fade route, looking around helplessly as he lost position. Then, he made a halfhearted effort at the tackle, which the receiver broke easily before somersaulting into the end zone. Banks just skipped all that and didn’t even bother playing defense in the first place.

On top of that, Deon Bush had himself a rough night.

First, he left the middle of the field completely unguarded on this wide-open touchdown throw to Randall Telfer. From what little I can see here, he should probably be covering the deep middle on this play. It kind of looks like he just guessed where he thought the ball was going and badly misjudged.

Then, after making a nice hit to separate a receiver from the ball on the sideline, someone paid him and flattened him while he was pursuing a play along the sideline.

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With a really deep safety room, he did not need to play like that or end up in the medical tent. Now, there’s a chance that his fate is no longer in his own hands as far as his roster status. That said, he could still make it based on his being a fourth-round pick last year, playing special teams and having potential.

Aside from him and Amos, you can just cut everyone else today.