They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Jayden Daniels is the Bears' quarterback, full stop. It washes out to a C+, no better and no worse.

They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Zinter at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

The dealing tilted against them, just enough to notice.

If Jayden Daniels and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.