Four NFL offenses that went off Sunday: Barnwell makes sense of the Bears, Ravens, Bills and Jags — SkimNews
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- The Bears scored 59 points against the Panthers on Sunday — the most offensive points in the franchise's 105-year history — producing four 25-plus-yard rushing touchdowns in one game after managing just four such runs all of last season.
- Caleb Williams posted a plus-11.4% CPOE in Week 1, the third-best mark of the slate and his best single-game figure under coach Ben Johnson, a dramatic swing from his minus-6.7% mark that was worst among regular starters in 2025.
- The Ravens beat the Colts 41-23 despite losing leading receiver Zay Flowers (hamstring) and rookie Ja'Kobi Lane (wrist) to in-game injuries, with Lamar Jackson still capping the win with a 77-yard fourth-quarter touchdown drive.
- Ten NFL teams crossed 30 points across Sunday's Week 1 games — the first time that has happened since 2002 and just the third time since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger — with nine doing so in the early window alone, the second time that's occurred.
- The Bears' rushing attack piled up 291 yards on 39 carries (7.5 YPC), with touchdown runs of 28 yards by D'Andre Swift, 29 yards by Williams, and 61 yards by Kyle Monangai, plus a 32-yard Swift gain.
- The Texans totaled 31 points in a loss to Buffalo but were undone when C.J. Stroud was sacked twice on the final three plays, including a game-ending strip sack on a three-man rush after driving into the red zone in the last minute.
Why it matters: The Bears' transformation — from a 2025 team with just four explosive runs all season to four in one game — positions them as a legitimate Super Bowl contender if the ground game and Williams' accuracy gains hold, though red zone (4-for-4) and third-down (10-of-14) rates are unsustainable. The Bears face the Vikings and Eagles next, which will test whether the 59-point outburst was real or a Panthers-boosted outlier.
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