After public criticism by head coach Matt Nagy in their 41-25 loss to the Green Bay Packers, the Chicago Bears were able to get things going against the Detroit Lions, but it was a disastrous ending. The Bears extend their losing streak to six games for the first time since 2002 after a 34-30 loss.
The Bears offense was able to get things going right away. On the opening possession, the Bears were able to get on the board first with a 45-yard field goal from Cairo Santos. Then, on the next drive, the Bears were able to march down the field with their running game, which was capitalized by a 13-yard rushing touchdown by running back David Montgomery.
Trailing 9-0 after the blocked PAT, the Lions were able to answer the Bears touchdown. Veteran running back Adrian Peterson got the Lions their first touchdown of the game with a three-yard rush. The Bears responded with a touchdown of their own with a Cordarrelle Patterson five-yard touchdown on a 10 play drive.
The Bears were able to score again before halftime. Montgomery found the end zone from four yards away to give the Bears a 23-13 lead.
After giving up a Lions touchdown to start the second half, the Bears were unable to find any points in the third quarter. However, the Bears were able to score points in the fourth quarter with quarterback Mitchell Trubisky finding rookie tight end Cole Kmet for a 11-yard touchdown.
The Lions trailing 30-20 have had opportunities to move the ball, but were denied a couple of times by the Bears defense. One of those times was defensive tackle Bilal Nichols intercepting quarterback Matthew Stafford. Unfortunately, the Bears were unable to capitalize on the Lions turnover.
In Week 1, the Bears were able to pull together a late fourth quarter comeback to beat the Lions. Now, it seemed like the Lions wanted to orchestrate their own comeback against the Bears.
With less than five minutes, the Lions got the ball back after a Bears punt at the four-yard line. Stafford was able to move the offense down the field for a 96 yard drive that ended with a 25-yard Marvin Jones Jr. touchdown.
The Bears got the ball back within the two minute warning and all they have to do is get the first down to win the game. Well, things turned for the worse. The Lions were able to force a Trubisky fumble and recovered it, setting themselves up inside the 10 yard line.
Peterson was able to give the Lions a lead with his second touchdown on the day from five yards away. With one timeout left, the Bears trailed 34-30 with 1:37 remaining in the game.
The Bears were able to move down the field after a couple of play to Montgomery and Kmet. Then, the Bears got close to the red zone, but saw themselves with a fourth down situation.
It was an unbelievable situation for the Bears as they decided to run with Montgomery on fourth and one, which they would be stopped short.
The Bears would fall 34-30 to the Lions and it seems to be appropriate to have a serious discussion within the organization.