{"id":72412,"date":"2019-09-06T03:50:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T07:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=72412"},"modified":"2021-03-20T20:55:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T00:55:45","slug":"chicago-bears-offense-stalls-defense-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/09\/06\/chicago-bears-offense-stalls-defense-balls\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears Offense Stalls, Defense Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"

We just witnessed what happens when the Chicago Bears<\/a> offense stalls even if the defense balls. They used all summer to come out and lay an egg against the Green Bay Packers<\/a>. A 10-3 defeat at home was deflating. It was supposed to be the beginning of a Super Bowl march.<\/p>\n

Bears Defense Balls even as Offense Stalls<\/h2>\n

To be perfectly clear it still can be. After all, the end result was the same last season and the Bears went on to go (12-4). But this one had a different feeling to it. It wasn\u2019t a new one though; often feeling like the playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Offense Stalls<\/h3>\n

We are just going to rip off the bandage here. The \u201cit was just one game\u201d doesn\u2019t cut it in this instance because of the stance taken<\/a> by the head coach this summer. Three points are rarely if ever going to beat a team, let alone one quarterbacked by Aaron Rodgers<\/a><\/strong>. Matt Nagy<\/a><\/strong> said so himself postgame.<\/p>\n

Flying in the face of conventional wisdom<\/a>, Nagy took his approach from last season and exposed it to gamma radiation. The starters played the equivalent of a morning walk-through this preseason, and that may be being generous. Well, they showed that lack of activity for the entirety of game one when it counted.<\/p>\n

Eddy Pineiro<\/strong><\/a> gave the Bears a 3-0 lead in the first quarter on their second drive. It started on the Packers 36-yard line and featured three straight David Montgomery<\/strong><\/a> handoffs, one for Mike Davis<\/a><\/strong>, and a one-yard Mitchell Trubisky<\/a><\/strong> pass.<\/p>\n

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I covered the 97 #Bears<\/a> who started 0-7.
Watched McNown bounce passes in Platteville. Hutchinson on Thanksgiving. Krentzel. Rexy. Jay. Todd Collins. Mike Glennon.
Make not mistake. Tonight was one of the worst offensive games Ive ever seen from our @ChicagoBears<\/a>. Inexcusable.<\/p>\n

— Silvy (@WaddleandSilvy) September 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n