NFL week 10 power rankings: Bears down bad

Another loss has the Chicago Bears trending in the wrong direction in the power rankings.

With reports of yet another team meeting, it feels like the Bears are in free fall.

But the truth is they have another winnable game this weekend before they start their absolutely brutal onslaught of divisional games down the stretch.

Could Chicago turn it around? It seems likes unlikely given everything we have seen, but they finished last year strong so you never know.

As always, last week's rankings are in parentheses.

WCG - Aaron Leming

Chicago Bears (4-4) Previous Week: 14

The free fall in Chicago continued on Sunday. Just one week after losing a heart-breaker on an improbable Hail Mary, they came out flat and were dominated by Arizona. Barring a surprise turnaround, this squad appears to be heading toward a new head coach for 2025.

Pro-Football Talk - Mike Florio

Yahoo Sports - Frank Schwab

NFL.com - Eric Edholm

17. Chicago Bears (13) Realistically, the playoffs were always a stretch for the Bears this season, but that's not going to appease fans who saw the sparkle of 4-2 and the improvement of Caleb Williams. The past two games have been two decisive steps back. Call the Fail Mary loss a fluke if you wish, but there were coaching and execution errors throughout that game and Sunday's defeat at Arizona. Even the Bears' defense, shorthanded as it might have been last week, has regressed. Offensively, the old problems — trouble protecting Williams, trouble running the ball, trouble with Williams and his receivers being on the same page — have resurfaced since the Week 7 bye. The blocking was pretty atrocious Sunday, and that was the case before Darnell Wright left the game in the fourth quarter with injury. This has been a humbling week-plus for the Bears, and they now face the toughest remaining schedule in the NFL down the stretch. Those playoff hopes, however faint they might have been, are even more faded now.

USAToday - Nate Davis

The offense is slipping – 24 points during the current two-game skid – and so might confidence in HC Matt Eberflus. A three-game homestand starting with the Patriots is a major opportunity ... and maybe a make-or-break stretch for a team that has, by far, the league's toughest remaining schedule, including all six of its brutal divisional matchups.

CBS Sports - Pete Prisco

So much for all that talk of this team possibly being a playoff team. They looked lifeless against Arizona. The offense did nothing.

PFF - Thomas Valentine

(14) Prior to their Week 7 bye, the Bears were 4-2; it felt like the tide was finally changing in Chicago. Two weeks later, they're 4-4 and the goodwill has run out. They have the third-toughest remaining schedule and now have just a 16% chance of making the playoffs. The defense is still second in EPA per play allowed (-0.139).

The Ringer - Diane Lee

Today, there'll be no Caleb Williams apologia—but we need to point out all the flaws in Waldron's play calling as Chicago's offensive coordinator. There are the embarrassing moments, like when he gave a backup offensive lineman the ball on the 1-yard line against the Commanders last week. There are the wasted plays, like every Keenan Allen target that isn't a dump off—as he's caught only five of his 16 targets of 10 or more air yards. And there's the predictable; Waldron's been running the same flavor of passing concepts in the same situations every game. The offensive staff isn't doing enough to raise the level of the players on the field, and disappointing back-to-back performances leave me wondering whether this staff is cut out to contend.

There are a lot of hard truths in these rankings. What do you think? Sound off in the comments.