You can even look beyond these three weeks and see some light for the Bears. They have the Washington Commanders (1-1) and Jacksonville Jaguars (0-2) right after. That means their next five opponents are a combined 1-7, which is as much of a schedule break as you can ask for in the NFL. There are no excuses.

As disconnected as the Chicago Bears offense looked in Sunday's loss to the Houston Texans, they had a chance to win the game on their final drive. Still, quarterback Caleb Williams and company are working on improving ahead of a Week 3 trip to Indianapolis.

With no running game and a line that couldn’t handle Texans' pressure, Caleb Williams and the offense were "a little bruised up" after loss.