After losing to the Cowboys in Dallas, the Eagles had a short week to respond against the Chicago Bears at home on Black Friday.<\/p>\n
And they suffered an embarrassing loss.<\/p>\n
The Eagles lost 24-15 to the Bears in a game that wasn\u2019t really that close. Their offense looked completely lost and their defense was gashed on the ground.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s get to the grades:<\/p>\n
Quarterback<\/strong><\/p>\n Jalen Hurts: 19\/34, 230 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT; 4 rushing attempts, 31 yards<\/p>\n It was another rough game for Hurts, who has had a few since the bye week. On Friday, he missed several important throws, a couple of which were targets for DeVonta Smith. Sure, it was windy, but those are throws you want to see the quarterback make. He also had two costly turnovers. One was an interception from former Eagles safety Kevin Byard and the other was a fumble on the Tush Push. For an offense that is stuck in the mud right now, they simply can\u2019t afford to turn the ball over. Hurts did get A.J. Brown going in this game and had some success as a runner, but it very clearly wasn\u2019t his best game. He\u2019s probably not the biggest problem with the offense right now but you\u2019d obviously like to see the franchise quarterback have a better performance in a big spot.<\/p>\n Grade: D<\/p>\n Running back<\/strong><\/p>\n Saquon Barkley: 13 carries, 56 yards (4.3)<\/p>\n It looked like it was going to be a good day for Barkley early. In the first quarter, he had 3 carries for 19 yards but then things got more difficult. The Bears entered Friday with one of the NFL\u2019s worst rushing defenses and they were down their top three linebackers. So it seemed like the perfect opportunity for Barkley and the run game to break out and they failed. Tank Bigsby barely played and didn\u2019t get a single carry in this game despite giving the offense some juice in recent weeks.<\/p>\n Grade: C-<\/p>\n Receiver<\/strong><\/p>\n A.J. Brown: 10 catches on 12 targets, 132 yards, 2 TDs<\/p>\n The good news is that Brown has started to look like himself in recent weeks. The bad news is that it hasn\u2019t been a magical fix for the offense. Brown\u2019s first touchdown was a beautiful 33-yard grab in 1-on-1 coverage, where he came back to the ball and then muscled his way into the end zone. This was Brown\u2019s biggest game of the 2025 season. DeVonta Smith battled through a couple injuries and an illness to play in this game and had 5 catches on 8 targets for 48 yards. He and Hurts failed to connect a few times. The only other receiver to get a target was Jahan Dotson, who had 1 catch on 3 targets for 12 yards.<\/p>\n Grade: B<\/p>\n Tight end<\/strong><\/p>\n Dallas Goedert: 2 catches on 4 targets for 27 yards<\/p>\n Like we mentioned, the Bears were without their top three linebackers so it might have made sense to get Goedert more involved. That didn\u2019t really happen. In fact, until he made a 22-yard grab with under a minute left, Goedert had just 1 catch for 5 yards on Friday.<\/p>\n Grade: C-<\/p>\n Offensive line<\/strong><\/p>\n It looked like the Eagles were going to be able to get their run game going on Friday and then it evaporated. This offensive line is just simply not as dominant as they once were and it\u2019s really hurting the overall offensive play. The line isn\u2019t healthy and made a few mistakes on Friday. At least Hurts wasn\u2019t sacked in this game.<\/p>\n Grade: D+<\/p>\n Defensive line<\/strong><\/p>\n Jalen Carter: 4 tackles, 1 sack, 2 TFLs, 2 PD<\/p>\n The Eagles were gashed in the run game and that starts up front. The defensive line was constantly being moved by the Bears\u2019 offensive line. The Bears had 281 yards on the ground as both D\u2019Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai went over 100 yards. They managed to sack Caleb Williams just twice. The line hasn\u2019t been able to get the type of consistent pressure the Eagles would probably like to see. The D-line does get a bump thanks to that interception from Jalyx Hunt. That should have been a huge play in this game but Hurts fumbled on a Tush Push on the ensuing drive.<\/p>\n Grade: D+<\/p>\n Linebacker<\/strong><\/p>\n Nakobe Dean: 12 tackles, 1 PD<\/p>\n Run defense is a group effort so every level of the Eagles\u2019 defense deserves plenty of blame. The Eagles were taking plenty of bad angles to the football in this game and missed a bunch of tackles. The Bears had 177 yards after contact on the ground, per NextGen Stats. Jihaad Campbell didn\u2019t see much time as Zack Baun and Dean played the whole game. The entire Eagles defense was bullied and the linebackers were not excluded.<\/p>\n Grade: D<\/p>\n Secondary<\/strong><\/p>\n Reed Blankenship: 12 tackles<\/p>\n Caleb Williams completed just 17 of 36 passes for 154 yards. But the Bears rushed for 281 yards so does it really matter? The Eagles\u2019 secondary didn\u2019t give up much through the air in windy conditions but they also played the role in the failure of the run defense. Sydney Brown got the start in place of the injured Drew Mukuba and had some rough moments. Reed Blankenship was in coverage on the game\u2019s dagger \u2014 a 28-yard touchdown to Cole Kmet.<\/p>\n Grade: C-<\/p>\n Special teams<\/strong><\/p>\n Jake Elliott: 1\/2 on FGs, 0\/1 on PATs<\/p>\n You can probably forgive Elliott for missing that 52-yarder late in the fourth quarter but his missed PAT in the third quarter ended up haunting the Eagles as they had to hunt for points the rest of the way. Braden Mann had 5 punts with an average of 49.0 with a touchback and one downed inside the 20. Britain Covey took over as the punt returner and had 1 for 9 yards and a fair catch.<\/p>\n Grade: C-<\/p>\n Coaching<\/strong><\/p>\n Record: 8-4<\/p>\n Kevin Patullo isn\u2019t the only problem with the Eagles\u2019 offense but part of being in that position is being a lighting rod. And it\u2019s probably time for Nick Sirianni to make a change because the offense is just completely out of sync right now. But Sirianni deserves plenty of blame too. This is a team that looked pretty flat after blowing a game in Dallas. Vic Fangio has been great during his time in Philly but his defense got pushed around and out-schemed by Ben Johnson\u2019s Bears offense. 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