Chicago Bears: Whose stock is rising and falling after week 2?

The Chicago Bears regular-season losing streak is now at 12 games after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers pulled out a 27-17 victory. It is not clear when the Bears will win again.

The chances are not great next Sunday that is for sure. The Chicago Bears have to play the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead.

The Bears came out looking great on their first drive. Justin Fields found D.J. Moore a few times to get the ball down the field. The offense finished that opening drive with a score. It was all downhill from there.

The Chicago Bears have plenty of risers and fallers after week 2.

Stock Up:

D.J. Moore

After being targeted just twice in the season opener, Moore had seven targets, six catches, and 104 yards. It is amazing what type of production you can get out of your No. 1 receiver when the ball goes his way more.

Chase Claypool

Last week everyone questioned Claypool’s effort after the tape showed he was dogging it. There were even rumors that if he did not respond with a better game, he might be cut. He only had three catches, but he came up with a big touchdown grab in the fourth quarter.

Maybe it is time to ask him to catch more passes and block less.

Stock Down:

Justin Fields

He ran for a score and threw for a touchdown. Those were the only positives in his box score. Fields threw two picks with one going for a defeat-sealing score. He was sacked six times and fumbled twice. A couple of those sacks were because Fields held onto the ball too long.

It seems like he is not seeing the field or scanning it well. In a season where Fields needs to show he is making a positive step forward in the passing game, he is regressing.

His performance was so bad that there are concerns that he will never develop into the MVP-caliber quarterback everyone was hoping he would become.

Braxton Jones

The second-year left tackle had a rough day in pass protection. A couple of sacks Fields took was because Jones got beat. He also had another costly penalty.

Luke Getsy

The offensive coordinator’s play calls were disjointed after the first series. The Chicago Bears were constantly behind the chains after the first down. Some of that was on Fields taking sacks but a bulk of that was just bad play designs.

The call to run a screen on Fields’ pick-six was a terrible idea. The team was backed up against its endzone with the interior of the offensive line having fits all day blocking Vita Vea.

The playcalling is also not helping Fields’ development. There were only four designed runs for Justin Fields. He ran for over 1,000 yards and Getsy is no longer using Fields’ best weapon which is his legs.

The injury risk is one reason to no longer ask Fields to run the ball so much. It does not mean abandoning it completely. It is safe to worry if Getsy is not capable of developing Fields.

Tyrique Stevenson

The rookie cornerback had one of those games first-year players have. He got burned a lot by Tampa’s wide receiver group, especially by Mike Evans.

However, on that big play, Evans got away with pass interference. Still, it was a rough day for Stevenson. Hopefully, he learns from this one.