The Chicago Bears returned home to Soldier Field for the first time in over a month, but it wasn't a pleasant homecoming for head coach Matt Eberflus and his squad. The Bears dropped their third game in a row, this time losing 19-3 to the New England Patriots, falling below .500 for the first time in Week 3.

Very little went right for Chicago, who once again has to answer for their lack of preparation and execution on the football field. The offense could not move the ball against a feeble Patriots defense as quarterback Caleb Williams was swallowed up nine times. Chicago scored just three points on the day and made one trip to the red zone.

Defensively, the Bears were able to hold the Patriots back for much of the first half, until the very end when they went on two scoring drives that netted 10 points going into halftime. From there, the game might as well have been a wrap as Chicago blew its last chance to get back on track before the divisional gauntlet begins.

There were very few, if any, redeeming qualities from Sunday's game. Here were our takeaways from the disappointing loss:

It's never easy to call for someone's job, but how much more evidence do we need that this group of coaches is not capable of fixing the problems that plague the Bears? This game was supposed to be the chance for everyone to get right -- even if it was just a temporary solution. Scoring the just three points for the first time in over five years against a bottom-feeding team like the Patriots should be grounds for termination. Especially considering how far this group has fallen in the span of a month.

Players are regressing under this coaching staff. They're quiet quitting, which is hurting the development of some of the younger building blocks that are supposed to be taking big steps forward at this point in time. There is little to no consequences right now and a simple change in playcalling (which is looking likely) isn't enough. Ryan Poles says he's sick of the cycle when it comes to the Bears' inability to consistently compete? Break the cycle by firing a coach midseason to put everyone on notice. Because it is sure not going to get any better with the divisional games on the horizon.

If you try and analyze what went wrong for the Bears offense on Sunday, you'll find that it was everyone. The passing concepts were flawed, the execution was atrocious, the time management was poor, and the quarterback play was subpar at best. Everything in the Bears offense was consistently inconsistent. The only ones who showed up on each drive were the boo birds.

I have attended many games at Soldier Field and seen far too many losses. Some were blowouts, while others were close defeats. I have never heard the fans boo as loudly or as consistently as they did on Sunday. It was almost after every drive from the second quarter on. They let this team have it and finally unleashed the "FIRE FLUS" chant after it was clear a win wasn't in the cards.

There's no point in dissecting the offense's performance. We can talk about how they totaled under 150 yards for the second time in nine games or the fact they scored three or fewer points at home against a team at least two games below .500 for the first time since 2011. There are many stats to show how bad things were, but if you watched the game, you know it was dreadful. That's why the booing fans were the only ones to show up when the offense had the ball.

The entire offense was bad on Sunday, and that includes the quarterback. Williams is looking worse and worse in the pocket, unsure of where to go with the football and holding onto it too long. Sound familiar? It's a concern after seeing how decisive he was early on in the season, making short, accurate throws, and getting the ball out with a quickness we haven't seen since the days of Jay Cutler. Now, he looks lost in this offense, and that's concerning for his development the rest of the year and possibly his career. Williams finished the day completing 16-of-30 passes for 120 yards, no touchdowns, and no interceptions.

There was some minor speculation that the Bears could bench him for his long-term benefit. It's a popular move these days for NFL teams after all. I'm not at that point yet, but a mentality shift is needed. As FOX's Laura Okmin reported during the game, the Bears are asking Williams to run the offense like a point guard and not a shooting guard, which was his style in college. He's not attacking anymore, and perhaps going back to that mode will ignite things a bit. Maybe getting guys back on the line will help, and a new playcaller could inspire confidence, but it's a problem right now. Let's hope it doesn't break him.

Tyrique Stevenson has taken enough abuse for the failed Hail Mary coverage from two weeks ago, but his overall play this season aside from that moment has been a major disappointment. Stevenson was the team's worst performer on defense on Sunday, surrendering the only touchdown of the day, losing Ja'Lynn Polk in the end zone, and getting targeted quite a bit on passing downs. He was pulled multiple times for Terell Smith, who fared much better when he was in the game. Smith finished with a better PFF grade than Stevenson for the second week in a row, and given he played just 10 fewer defensive snaps than him, a change might be coming.

Stevenson, of course, was benched last week for his role in the Hail Mary, but this time, he is losing snaps due to his performance. Smith has been a steady contributor and was in tight competition with Stevenson during last year's training camp as rookie. Stevenson still has opportunities to get back on track, but things move quickly in the NFL. If Smith continues to perform well, he could be the new starting outside cornerback.

"The Bears have hit rock bottom" has been a popular saying over the last decade or so. If that's been the case, why do we keep saying it? At 4-5 with a sputtering offense and players who are struggling to have any cohesion on the field, we might think this is as bad as it gets. It's not. This team can sink much lower, and we could see that coming up over the next few weeks. The Bears are still not allowing teams to score 30 on them, and, for better or for worse, their offense isn't a turnover machine.

This isn't meant to downplay what has happened. It's still bad, trust me. Losing to a team of the Patriots caliber like that is cause for alarm. But things can still get worse under this staff. We've seen it happen to other coaches in town in previous seasons. If the Bears aren't prepared to make any in-season changes, then there is a good chance we will experience how bad it can get as they're set to face the rest of the division over the next three weeks that has a combined record of 21-6. Buckle up because the free fall could be just beginning.