Chicago Bears beat reporters proven right after Week 1 embarrassment

The Chicago Bears were embarrassed by the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Fields on Sunday to open the 2023 NFL season.

It was a worst-case scenario for the Bears as they were outmatched in every aspect of the game on Sunday.

It was also one that could have been predicted.

A popular trend throughout the off-season was predictions from the Bears fanbase that quarterback Justin Fields was going to win the NFL MVP award while the Bears would be the clear victors in the NFC North division.

There was nothing to base these predictions on.

The predictions were based on 10-second videos that fans saw in slow motion throughout the off-season of Fields working out or completing a pass while working out with the Bears’ group of wide receivers.

The thing about the embarrassment that happened in Week 1 against the Packers is that the Bears’ beat reporters tried to warn us.

The Chicago Bears’ embarrassment during Week 1 proved why the beat reporters should be trusted.

Throughout training camp and the preseason, the Bears’ beat reporters reported that neither the offensive line nor the defensive line were winning their individual battles. Justin Fields, by all accounts, looked indecisive for most of training camp and the team was not throwing the ball downfield.

The showing that the Bears had on Sunday against the Packers is exactly what the beat reporters were reporting for the past two months. The offensive line, collectively, lost their individual battles. The defensive line failed to generate any pressure of consequence against Packers’ quarterback Jordan Love. Fields struggled with his decision-making and Luke Getsy’s game-calling reverted back to the pathetic efforts we saw during the first four weeks of the 2022 season.

Let this be a lesson, Bears fans. MVP awards and divisions are not won on Instagram, they are won on the field by making the right decisions and the team has proven time after time that they can not do that.