The Bears have yet to win a game on the road this year, which means Caleb Williams has yet to win a game on the road.

That’s an extra factor this week against the Bears’ rookie quarterback in Washington, who is trying to extend the team’s hitting streak to four and its hot passing streak to five.

Just because the Bears didn’t do it to Williams doesn’t mean they can’t.

“We’re talking about a small sample size here. It’s the beginning of your career,” said coach Matt Eberflus.

After all, it was only two away games and those were in Weeks 2 and 3. A lot has changed in the last three games as Williams has learned the offense and incorporated his teammates into the passing attack. The running game was also implemented.

“I would say he’s where he is right now and he’s trying to improve every week,” Eberflus added. “This week is no different. It’s actually just a general improvement, the point guard leading the team. That’s what he’s going to do this week.”

Eberflus had to admit that back-to-back road defeats to the Texans and Colts felt like a distant memory after recent success.

“It is, it feels like it,” he said. “It’s week to week and each week feels like four weeks. It seems like a long time ago.”

“You put in a lot of work and preparation every week to prepare for a particular opponent, to prepare our team, to get the guys together to put the game plan together. It’s a lot of work every week, and right now it’s a few weeks away from that. He’s in good shape.”

Williams’ success during his hot streak came from learning the offense and his own weapons within it. It’s not the same offense that frustrated Indianapolis. Offensive coordinator Shane Waldron has learned what works in his group, and his play-making has improved as well.

These are the Bears who can cause the most problems for Washington in Sunday’s game at Northwest Stadium at 3:25 p.m., and it shouldn’t be surprising that most of them are on offense, because Washington’s strength is when it has the ball.

1st QB Caleb Williams

2. RB D’Andre Swift

Although the Commanders are ranked only five teams have worse average yards per carry than the Commanders’ 4.9, and the Bears don’t have to choose where to send Swift because the defensive line is porous up and down. Losing Jonathan Allen didn’t help their defensive front much, even with former Illini Johnny Newton replacing him. Commanders are ranked 23rd at left tackle, 25th behind left tackle, 26th at center, 21st behind right tackle and 20th behind right tackle. The best they did was allow 4.38 yards per rush behind either of the holes on the line, according to NFLGSIS.com. With patience, Swift could be a real problem for the Commanders, even with Hall of Famer Bobby Wagner at linebacker.

3rd WR DJ Moore

He did it last year with eight catches, 230 yards and three touchdowns, but he never had trouble receiving against them. Moore is averaging 90.2 yards per game, 5.6 catches and 16.1 yards per catch in five games against the Commanders. Washington has a different defense now, but hasn’t had enough time to get the personnel in the scheme of things and is having issues in the secondary. Attacking cornerback Benjamin St-Juste is one way to repeat that success. He has a passer rating of 114.3 and has allowed three touchdowns.

4.WR Keenan Allen

He got a taste of that last game, but Allen is capable of much more than his two TD passes and third-down catches. Confidence in the new offense and new QB is growing. According to Stathead/Pro Football Reference, Allen will face cornerback Noah Igbinoghene, who has a 101.5 passer rating and has given up two TDs. Igbinoghene gives up just 5.2 yards per target but gives up catches. Allen could be the go-to guy.

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5. WR Roma Odunze

If Odunze can get the deep route and challenge Washington free safety Quan Martin, or if any of the receivers can do it, they can cause havoc. Martin has a passer rating of 118.7 and 24.2 yards per five pass catches allowed. A big receiver challenging secondary depth when there are already so many threats to address is not what Commanders’ secondary should be seeing.

6. DE Montez Teri

The Commanders block solidly at every line position, but the Bears may find they like both tackle pairings for top pass rushers. If he comes from the left side of the offense, he will go up against former Bears tackle Cornelius Lucas. Lucas now appears to have found a home in Washington with his fifth team and has the best pass blocking grade for the Commanders, but stopping his former teammate won’t be easy. On the other side, he would face former Chiefs tackle Andrew Wylie, who left in free agency last year.

7. CB Jaylon Johnson

Terry McLaurin will get a healthy dose of the sixth-year cornerback in the league, who was last year’s best cornerback according to Pro Football Focus. Stathead has a 27.3 passer rating against Johnson this year. He gave up 50% completions and 5.6 yards per completion; These numbers will not help any crime. McLaurin had four catches for 49 yards against the Bears last year but had only one catch for 3 yards as the Commanders trailed 27-3 at halftime.

8.T Darnell Wright

Now the Bears’ second-year right tackle, who ranks seventh in the league in run block win rate according to ESPN, will have his best run block against Dorance Armstrong. Although Armstrong is a pass-rushing force, he ranks 98th out of 112 edge rushers according to Pro Football Focus. Wright has started to get stronger after a bit of a slow start and is now making progress as a pass blocker as well. One of his best games last year, and perhaps his first big game, came against the Commanders.

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