Stock up, stock down after the Bills' 38-0 preseason loss at Bears

The Buffalo Bills (0-2) were hoping to shake off last week's preseason loss to the New York Giants with a matchup against Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears (1-0) on Sunday. Buffalo, like most teams that are hoping to compete for a Super Bowl, have not seen some of their starters on the field during this preseason and it looks like those absences could make a difference.

The Bills not only lost to the Bears to drop to an 0-2 record in the preseason, but they lost 38-0 as it seemed like none of the three phases showed up over the course of the game. The Bills fell behind 7-0 after the first quarter, but at halftime, Buffalo trailed Chicago 28-0 as the Bears looked to be operating on all cylinders with Williams leading the way.

While the preseason doesn't matter that much in the grand scheme of teams looking to make it to the postseason in some capacity, but a showing of this magnitude has to be disappointing to head coach Sean McDermott and company. Either way, here is the stock report for the Bills following Sunday's blowout loss to the Bears in the second of three preseason games:

Stock Up: RB Frank Gore Jr.

Gore came into this season looking to earn a roster spot behind starting running back James Cook and backup Ray Davis and this game had to do something to help his case. Gore not only carried the football eight times for 51 yards (6.4 yards per carry), but he also caught four of five targets for 30 yards to show his all-around game in this washout of a contest.

Stock Down: Bills QB Room

Mitchell Trubisky started this game for the Bills and while he did not perform well, the rest of the quarterback room did not do much to improve on what he did or didn't do. In terms of passer rating, Trubisky (64.6) played the best of the three quarterbacks that took the field, but Trubisky, Mike White, and Shane Buechele combined to throw for just 103 yards on 28 attempts.

Stock Up: CB Jordan Hancock

Like Gore, Hancock is looking to earn his way onto the Bills once training camp is over and is performance against the Bears should grant him some favor amongst the coaching staff. Hancock was a tackling machine against Chicago as he piled up eight tackles (five solo) including a tackle for loss to show how willing he is to get involved in every single play.

Stock Down: Bills Defense

Similar to the aforementioned poor performance of Buffalo's quarterbacks, the defense was poor in almost every facet of the game. It's tough to pick specific areas in which the Bills' defense struggled, but it's important to note that Chicago had 10 drives, the same as Buffalo, but they gained 348 more yards and ran 40 more plays than the Bills did.

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