Bears' grades are in. How did they do against the Cowboys?

What marks do the Bears get after their thoroughly satisfying 31-14 win against the Cowboys at Soldier Field?

QUARTERBACK — A

Let’s start with an airing of grievances — Caleb Williams short-armed a few balls, including one to a wide-open DJ Moore on a third down, and overshot rookie Colston Loveland twice, getting the tight end walloped pretty hard on the second one. OK, grievances over. There was so much good on a four-touchdown, zero-turnover day. Any tomato can off the street would’ve completed the first touchdown pass, to Rome Odunze after Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs stumbled, but the flea-flicker to Luther Burden III for touchdown No. 2 traveled at least 60 yards in the air, a sensational moment. A clever outlet to D’Andre Swift went for 41 yards, leading to a go-ahead field goal. Just before halftime, Williams scanned the field on third-and-two and found Odunze for 13 yards, came back for 29 to Burden on the next play and finally hit Cole Kmet for a 24-14 lead — perfection.

OFFENSIVE LINE — A-

No sacks allowed. Also, in a related development — are you listening, people? — no sacks allowed. Williams had the time he needed to process Dallas’ alleged defense, and, for a nice change, the Bears’ blockers didn’t lead a symposium on how to commit penalties. The running lanes could’ve been wider, but now we’re nitpicking.

DEFENSIVE LINE — B-

Montez Sweat had a sack, thank goodness. So did Dominique Robinson. But the Cowboys’ O-line was able to blow open some gaping holes on stretch plays in the run game. Also, Daniel Hardy made a goofy, completely preventable double-error when he didn’t run hard to get out of bounds before the Cowboys snapped the ball and — nonsensically — made a right turn before getting off the field that left him offsides. He was flagged for both, not the kind of attention to detail the Bears want to see.

TYRIQUE STEVENSON AND TRUMAINE EDMUNDS — A+

We’re singling them out, as each deserves the distinction. Linebacker Edmunds had the first two-interception game of his career, the first on a diving play to snare a tipped pass and the second in the end zone on fourth-and-goal from the 1. And Stevenson was superb, laying lumber in run support and breaking up a third-down pass beautifully in the red zone, forcing a field goal. The biggest play of this game wasn’t the flea-flicker; rather, it was Stevenson chasing down running back Javonte Williams from behind on the game’s opening drive and ripping the ball out — and somehow hanging on to it himself — for a game-changing turnover. Who knows how things would’ve turned out had the Bears gone down 7-0?

COACHING — A

For the first time, the Bears failed to score on their opening drive, going three-and-out. Oh, well. Johnson still tried to get Loveland some looks early and worked fellow rookie Burden into the game plan in a big way. All hail the flea-flicker, even if the wobbly pitch back to Williams could’ve used a spit-shine. You’d better believe it meant something to the team when Johnson elected to go for it on fourth-and-goal from the 4, leading to DJ Moore’s touchdown.