Bears PFF grades: Best, worst players from divisional loss vs. Rams

Key Highlights

• A big reason for Chicago's success in moving the football during the loss was the success of the running game with the play of both Kyle Monangai and D'Andre Swift, who were the workhorses that turned around the team's running game this season. Best defense gradesDE Dominique Robinson: 89.5S Jaquan Brisker: 82.1S Kevin Byard: 78.7LB D'Marco Jackson: 76.1DE Austin Booker: 73.6Jaquan Brisker was all over the field against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night, and alongside with Kevin Byard, the two safeties were at the top of their game.
• Dominique Robinson did not see a ton of playing time, but he had very explosive plays when he was on the field.
• Austin Booker continued his strong play to close out the season, one of the young bright spots on the defensive line. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWorst offense gradesOT Theo Benedet: 30.0C Drew Dalman: 44.1WR Luther Burden III: 59.8TE Durham Smythe: 61.3LT Joe Thuney: 61.9Most of the players on this list, Theo Benedet, Durham Smythe, and Joe Thuney were asked to do things different than their normal expectations on Sunday night.
• With Chicago shuffling their offensive line, Thuney was moved to left tackle and did well in pass protection, but the Bears opted not to run a lot of plays to the left side of the line.
• Benedet and Smythe were used on trick plays and didn't produce much of anything. Worst defense gradesDT Gervon Dexter: 37.0DT Grady Jarrett: 40.7DT Chris Williams: 43.9DT Andrew Billings: 51.2LB Tremaine Edmunds: 54.7The interior of the Bears defensive line didn't do much to create pressure against the Los Angeles Rams, which is why there are several defensive tackles listed on this one.