Breaking down PFF’s highest-graded Bears from Sunday’s Week 12 matchup.
Chicago Bears football is back, and with it comes the return of PFF grades.
Pro Football Focus has been an industry leader in football analytics since 2006, and with the new season coming into play, we figured it would be a good idea to highlight some of the top performers on both sides of the ball in each Bears game going forward.
The Chicago Bears saw their losing streak extend to five games on Sunday, falling to the Minnesota Vikings at home in a 30-27 overtime showdown. Chicago kept it close and miraculously scored 10 points in the last two minutes of the game, but mistakes — particularly on defense and special teams — saw them drop another game to make their record 4-7 in the 2024 season.
Here are the top 5 performers from all three phases in the Bears’ loss on Sunday.
Offense
- LG Teven Jenkins (77.4)
- RT Darnell Wright (77.0)
- QB Caleb Williams (74.8)
- WR DJ Moore (73.7)
- LT Braxton Jones (72.2)
In the two games that Thomas Brown has served as the Bears’ interim offensive coordinator, Chicago’s offensive line has had three or more offensive linemen grade above 70.0 in both games.
Defense
- NCB Kyler Gordon (90.9)
- DT Gervon Dexter (87.9)
- WLB Jack Sanborn (86.0)
- RE DeMarcus Walker (79.5)
- DT Byron Cowart (74.4)
This game marks Gordon’s highest PFF grade of the 2024 season.
Special teams
- WR Collin Johnson (83.5)
- S Tarvarius Moore (83.2)
- CB Terell Smith (73.0)
- DE Daniel Hardy (69.5)
- RB Travis Homer (68.5)
For clarification, Moore was the player who recovered the onside kick that gave the Bears the ball back near the end of the fourth quarter.