Holmes: Bears have a lot to work on, but a win is a win

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00:00So, let's not shy away from the fact that that was really ugly.

00:04True Media had the Bears at 51.2% of their offensive plays either being for no gain or

00:11for negative yards.

00:13That is unacceptable.

00:15Colvin Shelton was really struggling at the center position, Nate Davis was in and out

00:21at guard, which makes you question a lot of things, and then of course there's Valus Jones

00:26and his fumble that led to some points for Tennessee.

00:29The fact that two guys that made the 53 were effectively benched inside this game means

00:35that there are a lot of questions to answer for both Matt Eberfloos and Ryan Poles.

00:41The great thing about this is that the Bears won.

00:44There was a play late in the game before the Tyreek Stevenson touchdown.

00:49Caleb Williams on a third and long, instead of throwing an incomplete pass, he runs for

00:56a few yards and gets them into field goal range for Kyro Santos, who's been one of the

01:01most reliable kickers in the NFL.

01:03I know it's a small thing, but it's a really smart play by him.

01:09If you would have had to have won that game with field goals, you could have done it.

01:12And that's a good thing.

01:14There's a lot of growth that needs to happen between now and next week, especially considering

01:19the way that Houston plays defense.

01:23There's a lot to work on.

01:25There's going to be a ton of coaching tape, but defensively and special teams, the Bears

01:29came through.

01:31We have seen that formula work.

01:33I don't think that it has to be as extreme as what we saw today.

01:37You love the pickup of Daryl Taylor.

01:39He was phenomenal.

01:40Their special teams outside of Velez's fumble were money.

01:45This is what happens with rookie quarterbacks.

01:47It's rare that they succeed early on.

01:50You should still be excited about Caleb Williams.

01:53This was just game one and step one, but there are a lot of things that the Bears have

01:59to get better at, and they got to start asking themselves some really tough questions about

02:04roster construction.

02:05Dan and I will talk about it all week on The Score.