INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Coach Matt Nagy usually has answers for what’s happening with the Chicago Bears’ offense, whether it is good or bad.
Written content by Dan Greenspan via Associated Press via CBS 17
After a 24-10 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night in which they were held to a season low in points and the defense scored the Bears’ only touchdown, Nagy was left without an explanation for Chicago’s latest dismal performance with the ball.
“I don’t ever remember having our own defense score more than our offense,” Nagy said. “That’s that’s that’s hard to do. So that part I don’t like, and it bothers me.”
The Bears (5-2) believed they had addressed their underperforming offense by trading for quarterback Nick Foles in March, and it looked like a fix when he replaced Mitchell Trubisky to lead their rally from a 16-point deficit to beat the Atlanta Falcons in Week 3. But the offense has averaged 16 points per game in Foles’ four starts since, and he’s getting little help from the players around him.
The offensive line struggled against the strong front of the Rams (5-2), producing just 2.9 yards per carry. Foles was sacked four times, twice at the hands of former Bears linebacker Leonard Floyd, and he threw two interceptions.
Tight end Cole Kmet boxed out a Rams linebacker for an impressive 38-yard catch in the first half, and Allen Robinson got free for a 42-yard grab in the fourth quarter. But those were the only instances in which the Bears created explosive gains.
“We just have to look at everything,” Nagy said. “I don’t want to point fingers. I just don’t wanna do that to just our offensive line or just our wide receivers or tight end or the quarterback, because we’re all in this thing together. I know it’s not an answer that y’all wanna hear, but we have to keep plugging away. We have to try to fight through this really difficult position that we’re in right now.” Read more from CBS 17
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