3 Biggest Takeaways From Bears’ Week 3 Loss to the Colts

The Chicago Bears always seem to struggle to win the "easy" games on their schedule. That was showcased on Sunday as they lost to the Indianapolis Colts 21-16.

The Bears' defense put together another great day, intercepting Anthony Richardson twice and playing stout run defense. Jonathan Taylor reached 110 rushing yards on 23 rushes and scored two touchdowns. While Taylor did end up averaging 4.78 yards a carry, he had a few explosive runs that increased his total.

Offensively, the Bears were out of synch for most of the day, overlying on the passing game yet again. Caleb Williams ended the day with 52 pass attempts, which is not what any Bears fan wanted to see this week. Instead, they wanted to see the Bears run the ball since the Colts came into the game with the worst run defense in the NFL. However, the Colts knew this was the strategy and loaded the box, which rendered an already weak Bears running game useless again.

Here three takeaways from another difficult Bears performance.

1. Noteworthy Inactives

One of the most important components of a game that happens before kickoff is setting inactives. Most players are inactive due to injury, but there are always a few healthy scratches on the list. This week, Velus Jones Jr. and Dominique Robinson were on the inactive list.

For a second week in a row, Jones Jr. was on the inactive list. This comes after his muffed kickoff in Week 1. That mistake was enough for fans to be done with him, but he fact that the Bears have sat him two weeks in a row is surprising. As seen on Hard Knocks, general manager Ryan Poles had the chance to trade Jones Jr., but he chose not to because the teams continued to belief in him. Despite
looking good in his switch to running back it seems that it's not enough to keep Jones Jr. from being inactive.

Robinson, on the other hand, has been inactive for every game. After another unimpressive preseason from Robinson, the Bears chose to keep him. While many fans didn't like the decision to keep Robinson, the Bears kept him because of his size and ability to set edges. However, the strengths Robinson possesses means nothing if he can't get on the field.

It's time for Poles and the front office to admit they got it wrong with these two and trade them.