Bears vs. Patriots: Studs and duds from Chicago's Week 10 loss

The Chicago Bears (4-5) suffered an embarrassing 19-3 loss to the New England Patriots (3-7), which marked their third straight loss and first home loss of the season.

This was a game that the Bears should've won. In fact, Chicago would've won this just three weeks ago, where they likely would've destroyed the Patriots like they did the Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars. But this team has collapsed after that Hail Mary defeat against the Washington Commanders fresh off the bye, which has everyone calling for Matt Eberflus and Shane Waldron's jobs.

The Bears offense scored a season-low three points against one of the worst defenses in the league, allowed nine sacks to a pass rush that had 16 sacks through eight total games and were held to just 142 total yards. Chicago's defense did its part, holding New England under 20 points, but this game was lost in the first quarter with an offense that has mustered just 27 points and two touchdowns in the last three games.

There were plenty of standout (mostly bad) performances in this embarrassing defeat. We’re taking a look at the mostly duds (and one stud) from the Bears' loss vs. New England:

Dud: HC Matt Eberflus

The Bears have never fired a head coach midseason, but they need to seriously consider doing just that with Matt Eberflus, who has completely lost this team. Since the bye week, Chicago has lost three straight games, been outscored 66-27 and thrown their rookie quarterback to the wolves. For the second straight week, Eberflus has left Caleb Williams in the game -- where a win is unattainable -- only to be beaten even more than he has all game. "Fire Flus" chants broke out in the fourth quarter at Soldier Field, which says everything about where this organization is. Something needs to be done.

Dud: OC Shane Waldron

Following last week's atrocious offensive showing, Eberflus stood firm behind offensive coordinator Shane Waldron and said there would be no change at play caller. As a result, the Bears put together their worst offensive showing all season -- and against one of the worst defenses in the NFL. That with a wealth of talent on offense, starting with rookie quarterback Caleb Williams, who was sacked nine times and is regressing, and a slew of weapons in DJ Moore, Keenan Allen, Rome Odunze, Cole Kmet and D'Andre Swift. The offense should not be this bad. And yet, here we are. It wouldn't be a surprise if Waldron was fired this week, or the very least demoted as play caller.

Dud: Offensive line

The Bears offensive line is injury riddled down their top three tackles in Braxton Jones, Darnell Wright and Kiran Amegadjie and guard Nate Davis, who "hurt" his back and was a late scratch on Sunday morning. That left Chicago down to just eight offensive linemen who dressed Sunday. Left guard Teven Jenkins exited the game with an ankle injury, which forced Doug Kramer to fill in at left guard. And the results weren't pretty. Matt Pryor, who had previously played right guard, moved to right tackle in Wright's absence, and he had a rough afternoon in pass protection and penalties. The entire offensive line did. They allowed 7 sacks on rookie quarterback Caleb Williams against a defense that was among the worst pass rush units in the league (with 16 total sacks through nine games).

Dud: QB Caleb Williams

It was another rough outing for rookie quarterback Caleb Williams, who was outplayed by No. 3 pick Drake Maye. Although it wasn't all Williams' fault. Williams was sacked a career-high nine times by a Patriots pass rush that had totaled just 16 sacks through eight games. That was due in large part to an injury-riddled offensive line that couldn't keep Williams upright, and it also impacted his play as he missed some easy completions and was clearly rattled. Williams finished the day completing 16-of-30 passes for 120 yards and a 63.2 passer rating. To make matters worse, Eberflus kept Williams in the game on their final series -- with the game out of reach -- where he was sacked twice after taking a beating all afternoon.

Dud: CB Tyrique Stevenson

I find it hard to fault the Bears defense for anything when the offense is this bad and putting them in an impossible situation. But cornerback Tyrique Stevenson had a tough outing against the Patriots, where he was burned by receiver Kayshon Boutte all afternoon and also allowed the game's only touchdown to receiver Ja'Lynn Polk. Cornerback Terell Smith, who returned from injury, continued to rotate in with Stevenson, and it wouldn't be a surprise to see Smith pass him up on the depth chart.

Stud: LB T.J. Edwards

There weren't many bright spots in this game, so I managed to pull away one stud from this abomination -- and, surprise, surprise, it's someone on defense. Linebacker T.J. Edwards had one of the few highlights of the game when he picked off Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye on the team's third possession, which halted a potential scoring drive and set up Chicago's offense in prime territory at their own 48-yard line. Unfortunately, the offense stalled out. But Edwards did his job for a defense that's fifth in the league with takeaways this season with 16.

This article originally appeared on Bears Wire: Bears vs. Patriots: Studs and duds from Chicago's Week 10 loss