There’s been a lot of frustration surrounding the Chicago Bears offense through these first five games. And while the Bears were able to pull off an impressive 20-19 upset of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday night, it doesn’t erase the poor performance of the Bears offense.
And no one is more angry about how the offense performed than head coach and play-caller Matt Nagy, who made his frustration with the offense clear in a conference call with the media on Friday.
Nagy wasn’t happy with the sloppiness on offense, pointing to the lack of execution of the details as to why there were so many struggles, particularly on third and longs.
“We need to get the freaking details right,” Nagy said. “Until we get our details right on offense, we’re gonna continue to be this way.”
Easily the most angry I've heard Nagy about his offense. Period.
— Jason Lieser (@JasonLieser) October 9, 2020
Harsh words, but true words.
The Bears might be 4-1 right now, but they could easily be 0-5 given the ineffectiveness of the offense. The Bears defense has kept them in all of these games, and the offense has been able to hold on for dear life or fall short, as was the case against the Colts in Week 4.
But the Bears defense, who’s giving up an average 20 points per game this season, can’t be expected to hold every opponent below that number and pray that their offense can find a way to outscore them.
Nagy hasn’t been impressed with his offense this season, but listening to him in his Friday presser, he was noticeably angry about his offense’s lack of production. When asked to pinpoint what the final straw was, Nagy pointed to everything. Specifically how the lack of details on offense put them in some precarious spots — those third-and-forevers.
“Darn it, when you play in this offense, you better be freaking detailed,” Nagy said. “We are not a detailed football team on offense right now and we need to get that back.”
Luckily, the Bears have 10 days to get those details right before they travel to Carolina to face the 2-2 Panthers with a chance to improve to 5-1 on the season.