With an opportunity to take control of the NFC North, the Green Bay Packers played one of their worst games of the season and blew a late 10-point lead in a 22-16 overtime loss to the Chicago Bears on Saturday.
By overall grade at Pro Football Focus, the Packers’ 59.3 grade against the Bears set a new season low. Surprisingly, despite holding the Bears to only six points deep into the fourth quarter, the Packers earned a season-low 50.5 grade on defense. And Romeo Doubs, who was the Packers’ best player on the field Saturday night by grade, made the game’s costly error late on special teams.
Based on grades from Pro Football Focus, here are the best and worst players from the Packers’ Week 16 loss to the Bears:
Top 5 offense
- WR Romeo Doubs: 87.0
- C Sean Rhyan: 82.2
- RB Emanuel Wilson: 72.4
- QB Malik Willis: 70.4
- RT Jordan Morgan: 68.4
Doubs caught five of his six targets, hauled in a 33-yard touchdown pass on an excellent route off the line, averaged 4.2 yards per route run and had a 158.3 passer rating when targeted. Rhyan did not allow a single pressure over 34 pass-blocking snaps and earned a 80.4 run block grade. Wilson averaged 5.9 yards per carry, produced 54 yards after first contract, forced three missed tackles and had three runs of at least 10 yards, but his drop in the red zone resulted in a fumble. Willis completed four of his five passes thrown over 10 yards in the air and produced 44 rushing yards, including 27 off four scrambles. Morgan earned the offensive line’s top run block grade at 80.7 but did allow a sack (his only pressure allowed) on the final play of regulation.
Top 5 defense
- S Xavier McKinney: 73.7
- DE Brenton Cox Jr.: 70.6
- DE Lukas Van Ness: 69.9
- DB Javon Bullard: 67.0
- CB Nate Hobbs: 66.5
McKinney broke up a pass and did not allow a single catch into his coverage. Cox Jr. had a 72.3 run defense grade and produced a pressure in his return from IR. Van Ness had three pressures over 17 pass-rushing snaps. Bullard had a team-high three stops, broke up a pass and allowed only 15 receiving yards on five targets into his coverage. Hobbs delivered two stops and made six tackles without a miss.
Bottom 5 offense
- OL Darian Kinnard: 30.9
- LG Aaron Banks: 43.5
- WR Matthew Golden: 48.8
- RB Josh Jacobs: 51.7
- WR Christian Watson: 53.5
Kinnard struggled in the run game as the sixth offensive lineman and earned a 37.3 pass block grade on three pass-blocking snaps. Banks allowed two pressures and earned a 48.9 run block grade, the worst on the offensive line. Golden turned two rush attempts into only four yards and didn’t have a catch on nine routes run. Jacobs averaged only 1.58 yards after first contact and had a killer fumble on 1st-and-goal from the 4-yard line. Watson caught only two of his six targets, finished with 17 receiving yards on 22 routes run and earned a team-low 34.9 run block grade.
Bottom 5 defense
- DL Karl Brooks: 29.8
- DL Colby Wooden: 36.3
- LB Isaiah McDuffie: 43.9
- DL Jordon Riley: 46.1
- CB Keisean Nixon: 48.3
Brooks, who was on the field for 17 run defense snaps, earned a run defense grade of 29.8, a team low, and he had just one hurry on 29 pass-rush snaps. Wooden had a 32.8 run defense grade but did produce two hurries and two run stops. McDuffie missed a tackle and gave up a catch against his coverage. Riley was in on two run stops but had grades under 60.0 as both a run defender and pass rusher. Nixon missed a tackle and gave up two catches for 52 yards and both Caleb Williams touchdown passes.
Special teams
Romeo Doubs botched an onside kick recovery, resulting in a turnover. Brandon McManus made all three field goals (all under 30 yards) and hit his lone extra point. Daniel Whelan did not punt. The Bears averaged the 31.6-yard line after kickoffs, the third worst mark in a game with McManus this season. Arron Mosby, Chris Brooks, Isaiah McDuffie and Javon Bullard had tackles covering kickoffs.
Quarterback play
- Jordan Love: 59.2
- Malik Willis: 70.4
Love completed 7 of 11 passes for 69 yards from clean pockets, and he was under pressure only two of his 15 dropbacks before exiting with a concussion. Willis entered in the second quarter and completed 9 of 11 passes for 121 yards, including a 33-yard touchdown, and he scrambled four times under pressure and produced 44 rushing yards. On passes thrown over 10 yards in the air, Willis was 4 of 5 for 100 yards and a touchdown.
Stat to know
The Packers had Caleb Williams under pressure on 18 of his 38 dropbacks, or 47.4 percent, but Williams completed eight passes for 165 yards and both of his touchdown passes while under pressure. The Packers defense finished with 22 total pressures, including eight combined pressures from Rashan Gary and Lukas Van Ness, but the defense didn’t have a sack or a quarterback hit.
This article originally appeared on Packers Wire: Packers PFF grades: Best, worst players from loss to Bears in Week 16