Week 1 · 2025–26 season
Bears
L 24-27 vs Vikings · Sep 8, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Bears fans have already buried C.Williams, the season, and Soldier Field after losing to J.McCarthy of all people.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
N.Wright's 74-yard pick-six gave Chicago a 22-point swing and what felt like a stolen game, then J.McCarthy methodically gave it all back — a TD to A.Jones, the two-point conversion to A.Thielen, and a 14-yard keeper to seal it. The final snap, a lateral from R.Odunze to D.Moore ending in a fumble, was a fitting punctuation. The defense forced the takeaway. C.Williams couldn't cash any of it in. That's the part fans won't let go.
What fans said
“After seeing Caleb get outplayed by Daniels, Maye, and now McCarthy Im done with him”
u/suckmyfatfuckinballs▲ 191rage
“We had so many opportunities, and fucked them all so hard.”
u/duckman418▲ 83rage
“He is not good enough, *period.*”
u/PFunk224▲ 80rage
“Caleb just can’t run an NFL offense.”
u/BadgeOfRoses▲ 214frustration
“An organization of losers, top to bottom.”
u/YungLordFarquaad▲ 64rage
“Caleb looked absolutely terrible, no excuse for how he played tonight”
u/swagdinero▲ 90rage
14 more
“Fuck all of it”
u/ChelskiS▲ 68rage
“I hope Ben Johnson tears this team a new one.”
u/FullCourtIrish44▲ 35rage
“FUCKING FIRE EVERYONE AND BURN DOWN SOLDIER FIELD.”
u/DFuhbree▲ 24nuclear
“Why draft Loveland and Burden if you hardly fucking use em.”
u/fsfic▲ 50rage
“JJ fucking McCarthy beat us.......4-13 season loading”
u/beardown9123▲ 48despair
“How the fuck did Poles get an extension?”
u/stn_anomaly▲ 30rage
“Bears losing in a bears fashion on prime time again. Sick of it.”
u/kaloskagathos21▲ 80frustration
“I feel like I’ve been watching this same bears game my entire life”
u/soapyhandman▲ 42despair
“Caleb can't play, period.”
u/z3ty3z▲ 41rage
“Caleb Williams literally played worse than a QB's first NFL game. What an incredibly worrisome performance out of your supposed "franchise" quarterback.”
u/Ulmao_TheDefiler▲ 70frustration
“How the hell is the team so good at getting us hyped every season for this garbage”
u/Jonny_14▲ 26betrayal
“this team will always suck till the day i die”
u/gogos7104▲ 25despair
“Poles is the one who drafted a QB who can’t read a defense.”
u/Ssquad▲ 38rage
“He's the one who cursed me with this fuckin team.”
u/Beneficial_Elk5868▲ 24despair