Chicago Bears lose to Cleveland Browns: Offensive grades

Quarterbacks: ?

Honestly, after watching that game, I have no clue what the point of anything of that was.

The game started with Trubisky mastering the art of the handoff for nine straight plays. He didn’t even attempt a pass until the second quarter, and when he did, it was clear that he was better off on the sidelines. The Chicago Bears reserve offensive line simply could not protect him at all. And to top it off, he got drilled out of bounds, drawing a personal foul.

Then, once the Bears had seen enough of that, they went with Connor Shaw for essentially the rest of the game. In general, Shaw looked decent, putting the ball on the money and showing off his athleticism. All in all, he finished 11-18 for 110 yards total and certainly showed enough good things to earn a shot somewhere.

But when Shaw left the game briefly in the fourth quarter, things got downright weird.

First, Shaw briefly left the game after a third down scramble where he recklessly lunged for a first down and took a wallop. Then, after returning, he left the game with a leg injury and didn’t return. With Mark Sanchez inactive, Trubisky had to return to the game. And of course, because nothing in the world makes sense, Fox and Dowell Loggains called pass plays for him. And he got hit. Multiple times.

Between the weird protect-him-then-don’t-protect him strategy from Fox to the random running of Shaw, I really don’t have any clue of how to view that performance. I guess it was ok? Both threw a couple of nice passes? Whatever. I’m just done with it. Moving on.