The Bears are going to Bear.
With an opportunity to not less than put up a discipline objective late within the fourth quarter to tie their “Thursday Night Football” showdown with the Seahawks, the Bears mismanaged the clock earlier than Caleb Williams threw a game-sealing interception in a 6-3 loss at house.
The ugly loss was the Bears’ twelfth of the yr — and tenth straight, which tied an ignominious franchise report.
It had their followers booing them off the sphere and, at one level, calling for possession to promote the staff.
The comedy of errors began with a bit greater than a minute left when Williams, who ran out of the pocket to keep away from the Seattle rush, hit receiver Rome Odunze for a 15-yard move and a primary down.
However that’s when the Bears lackadaisically lined up for the following play, permitting greater than 20 seconds to run off the clock.
To make issues worse, after Williams threw a move out of bounds that stopped the clock at 31 seconds, Chicago needed to burn its second timeout as a result of the play clock was about to run out on the following play.
Williams gave the impression to be fuming at his personal sideline because the timeout was known as.
The gang started booing as broadcaster Al Michaels mentioned on air that followers have been conscious of the problems the Bears have had with clock administration prior to now, which included a brutal loss to the Lions on Thanksgiving.
Williams threw one other incomplete move on third-and-10 earlier than he chucked up a excessive, arcing move on fourth-and-10 from the Seattle 40 for a straightforward interception that sealed the victory for the Seahawks with beneath 20 seconds left within the sport.
The Bears’ free fall continued in spectacular trend because the Seahawks managed to maintain their playoff hopes alive.
The most recent loss got here hours after it had been reported by NFL insider Albert Breer confirmed the Bears have curiosity in Pete Carroll — the ex-Seahawks coach — for his or her vacant head teaching job.
Carroll is claimed to have curiosity within the Bears job however he’s additionally planning on holding his choices open.
“I’m told that he has informed all of the teams with openings that he is looking to get back into coaching in 2025. And, additionally, Charissa [Thompson], I am told that the Bears are interested in sitting down and having a conversation with Carroll about their opening,” Breer reported on Prime Video’s pregame present.
The Bears will attempt to break their dropping skid towards the rival Packers on Jan. 5.
