The Chicago Bears' offense was riddled with multiple mistakes once again in Week 3, with the majority of them stemming from the play-calling and execution.

Overall, the unit still managed to look a little bit more improved compared to what we saw during the first two weeks of the regular season, but some issues were still present and a few were glaring on Sunday.

The offense's biggest mistake came during the final two minutes of the first half after rookie quarterback Caleb Williams led his unit down the field before halftime.

The drive looked to be a success with the offense marching down the field and into a prime scoring position. However, things got interesting to say the least once the unit got inside the 10-yard line.

After getting a first down on a 4th-and-1 conversion by running back Roschon Johnson, Johnson was subbed out for Khalil Herbert. On the next play, Herbert took a direct snap that gained just one yard, followed by two carries that went nowhere. 

Faced with a 4th-and-goal, the offense stayed on the field and put D'Andre Swift back into the game. Offensive coordinator Shane Waldron called up a speed option run that was immediately blown up, resulting in a loss of 12 yards and a turnover on downs.

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While speaking to the media after the game, Williams defended the play call saying everything went wrong after the snap.

"It’s a play we practiced all week," he said after the loss. "Understanding that when they get around the 5-yard line to 1-yard line, their defense changes, and they get into the 6-1 defense and things like that. They normally crash. Maybe I didn’t get him the edge fast enough. But they didn’t crash how they normally do or how we saw on film and they made a good play."

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While the team's rookie quarterback defended the call, not everyone in the Bears' locker room seemed to. Here's what starting center Coleman Shelton had to say.

"Well, I mean, speed option…obviously wasn’t the greatest look to run that," Coleman said in the locker room via Nicholas Moreano.

As the quarterback Williams has the ability to change the play-call while on the field before the snap, but the play clock played a factor in not being able to do so.

"We have the option to change the play right there," Williams added. "Clock was running down. In those moments you don't want to get the [delay of game] flag. Got out of the huddle with I believe around 10 seconds and so I didn't want to get up there and change the play, having around 5 [seconds] when everybody got set."

However, at the time of the play, the Bears still had all three timeouts remaining that the team ultimately used on the following defensive drive. So, if it wasn't the look everyone was hoping to see and time was running out on the play clock, why didn't Matt Eberflus call a timeout?

"We liked the play," Eberflus said after the game. "We just have to get to the second level, get to the linebackers, zone up to them and get them. We were going to pitch off the end man on the line of scrimmage and we got to execute better."

Why weren't the Bears' offensive linemen able to to that? Well… let's take a look at this picture.

That's right, four of the Bears five starting offensive linemen are completely on their backs and were taken out of the play as soon as Swift got the ball in his hands. No wonder this play ended in disaster.

Certainly there's a lot of blame going around for this botched play and rightfully so. These are the kind of things this unit needs to get figured out and fast, whether it's on the coaching, the players, the play-calling, or all three.

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The disappointing trend continues.