The Chicago Bears continued a season with no rhyme or reason Sunday. The team hasn't won or lost any more than two in a row en route to a record that sits at 3-4 after a 27-14 loss to the Miami Dolphins.
Bears fantasy football recap: Jay Cutler, Alshon Jeffery quiet; Matt Forte still great
Chicago was embarrassed Sunday by the Dolphins, and only the running back was productive. We break down the fantasy implications.
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The Bears looked terrible in Week 4 and 5 in consecutive losses before bouncing back with a convincing win in Week 6, but they looked awful Sunday and never seriously threatened against the Dolphins.
Let’s look at the usual suspects in the Bears’ offense:
Jay Cutler: The quarterback had easily his worst game of the season Sunday. He threw for 190 yards on 21-of-34 passing with a touchdown, an interception and a lost fumble. That's only seven fantasy points, the first time all year Cutler has had fewer than 16. And it was actually a lucky game for the Chicago quarterback -- Cutler fumbled three times, but the Bears kept two of them. Cutler still looks like a back-end QB1 going forward, but that was a disheartening performance.
Matt Forte: Not much left to say about Forte at this point, who would be the most impressive player in fantasy this year if DeMarco Murray didn't exist. Forte had 49 rushing yards on 12 carries and 60 receiving yards on six catches, with two total touchdowns. Forte scored on a 10-yard pass in the third quarter and a 1-yard run in the fourth. He's one of the league's top few running backs, and would be a top-two pick if drafts were held today.
Brandon Marshall: Cutler still looks Marshall's way a lot -- he had a team-high 10 targets -- but Marshall couldn't do a lot with Sunday's targets, hauling in six balls for 48 yards. The good news is that it looks like Marshall is fully healthy now, but with only one double-digit fantasy day since Week 2, Marshall has been a disappointment. He's still a weekly must-start, though.
Alshon Jeffery: This was a disaster for the other Chicago receiver. Jeffery had two catches on the Bears' first two offensive snaps in the game for 9 yards, then was held without a touch the rest of the way. Jeffery's zero fantasy points ended a streak of four straight double-digit fantasy days. It's hard to imagine this will be a long-term problem, but it probably killed a lot of fantasy owners' days.
Martellus Bennett: Bennett had five catches for 58 yards in the game, his second-lowest fantasy day of the season. He remains a must-start tight end, even if he isn't scoring touchdowns at the same rate he did at the start of the season.
