Caleb Williams responded to the frustrations of the fans following the final home game of the 2024 season
The cries for change have never been louder than they were on Thursday Night Football after the Chicago Bears dropped a 6-3 game against the Seattle Seahawks during the final home game at Solider Field in 2024.Part of it is how the team lost but the other part of it is the consistent losing the […]
The cries for change have never been louder than they were on Thursday Night Football after the Chicago Bears dropped a 6-3 game against the Seattle Seahawks during the final home game at Solider Field in 2024.
Part of it is how the team lost but the other part of it is the consistent losing the team has become known for around the league. The loss was the 10th consecutive for the team that was once 4-2 on the season.
The loss also marks the second time since general manager Ryan Poles took over in 2022 that the Bears had an on-going double-digit losing streak. So, yeah, everyone in the stands supporting the team has every right to be upset.
In what was a close game from start to finish, the Chicago fans in the stands were loud all night, both in supporting the team and criticizing the team. Early on, fans cheered for every big play, such as cornerback Kyler Gordon's forced fumble and sprint to the endzone, until the big play was called back.
However, going into halftime, the "Sell The Team" chants starting raining down for the first time and louder than ever with chairman George McCaskey and team president Kevin Warren in attendance. Those chants echoed around the stadium again in the fourth quarter and with the team walking off Soldier Field for the final time in 2024.
After the game, rookie quarterback Caleb Williams was asked about the frustrations of the fans and shared the same feelings.
"It's my first year. Their frustrations go way longer back than I've been here," Williams said. "My job is to go out there and win games, and we don't focus on outside noise. Fans are going to cheer and maybe boo sometimes, and you can't react to that. It's not something that we react to. We have a job to do."
That job was apparently putting just three points on the board while the defense allowed just six points and shut the Seahawks out in the second-half. It was the third game of the season in which the Bears were completely held out of the endzone. In fact, rookie punter Tory Taylor had seven punts on Thursday, the offense had 11 total first downs. Fans had every right to be disappointed in that performance.
“It’s tough to go out like that to end the year at Soldier (Field),” tight end Cole Kmet said. “It’s been a long year. It’s been a long, tough year. Tough to see it end like this for being at Soldier. Just tough overall. Definitely not the season that we envisioned coming in here.”
Bad news for Bears' fans, the McCaskey family isn't going to fulfill your wish by selling the organization. Good news, you only have to sit through one more game this season and then the team will go back to the drawing board in hopes of getting this thing right this offseason.
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