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If it wasn’t the national rout by the Green Bay Packers that sealed the fates of Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy and general manager Ryan Pace, it certainly was Sunday’s embarrassing 34-30 loss to the Detroit Lions, where Chicago blew a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter.
The Bears wasted their best offensive performance of the season, where the run game was the best it’s looked in two years with running backs David Montgomery and Cordarrelle Patterson leading the way with 131 total rushing yards and three touchdowns.
But, just as they’ve done so often in this now six-game losing streak, Chicago found a way to out-do itself. There was plenty of blame to go around, but a bulk of it should fall on the coaching staff — Nagy, offensive coordinator Bill Lazor, defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano and even special teams coordinator Chris Tabor.
The Bears had a 99.1% win probability in the final five minutes of the game, which was dashed in a horrible turn of events where all three phases let this football team down and allowed the Lions to battle back and repay an old debt with a 34-30 win.
This once vaunted Chicago defense allowed a depleted Detroit offense to move easily down the field on a 96-yard scoring drive. Then, the Bears special teams failed to put their All-Pro kick returner back for the kickoff. And we all know what happened on third-and-four when Mitchell Trubisky was in his throwing motion and the ball was knocked out of his hand, which the Lions recovered on Chicago’s seven-yard line and proceeded to score the go-ahead touchdown.
Still, Chicago had a chance to win the game, and they nearly scored the game-winning touchdown. But a failed third-down conversion by receiver Allen Robinson — which needs to be made — and getting stuffed at the line of scrimmage of fourth-and-one all but sealed the Bears’ troubled fate.
At this point, it doesn’t feel like it’s a matter of “if” but a matter of “when” George McCaskey will clean house with Nagy, Pace and possibly president Ted Phillips, who needs to be completely uninvolved in football operations, especially as the Bears will likely be conducting a new general manager and head coach search.
What say you, Bears fans? Should Chicago commence with the house cleaning immediately?
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With Sunday's loss to the Lions, is it time for the Bears to clean house with GM Ryan Pace, HC Matt Nagy and President Ted Phillips?
— BearsWire (@TheBearsWire) December 6, 2020
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