The Chicago Bears rocking and rolling on Sunday.
They claimed their peak asymmetric victory of the season with a 23-16 win at Charlotte over the Panthers. They took the lead in the NFC North and went home feeling pretty about themselves.
“I wish they’d all been on the plane with us coming home last night,” Coach Matt Nagy said Monday. “We were rocking and rolling. We’re very excited right now. It’s a wonderful feeling. That’s pretty cold. “
Nick Foles pitched for a landing and ran for one. The defense made up for unstable functionality with the offense, and the Bears took a step forward at 5-1 in their most productive start since 2012.
Nagy, for his part, took a very different tone from the one he adopted after the previous game: it was after the offense he suffered after the Bears beat Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-19 at Soldier Field on Thursday night.
But the game against Carolina left him in a very bad mood.
“You have conversations with the players and, for example, in the locker room right after the game and you realize how much attention they have,” Nagy said. “You realize how much they need and you know they are going to paint hard. And also at the same time the conversations you had about our own criteria and expectations. “
The Bears took a step forward at 5-0 against NFC. They are also 3-0 on the road for the first time since the 2006 Super Bowl season. And they look at the rest of their department even if they don’t get much of them. of his attack.
“It gives us a lot of enthusiasm for what happens when we start this attack,” Nagy said. “That’s why my environment is the way it is, because I like where we are now as a team. “
THAT WORKS
Chicago forced three ball losses, captured Teddy Bridgewater four times, limited Carolina to 303 yards and allowed only three out of thirteen conversions for the third bet. The Bears kept Bridgewater at a season low of 216 yards and pushed him back twice, adding DeAndre Houston-Carson’s first interception in his career to seal the victory. Houston-Carson also took the win over Tampa Bay, breaking Brady’s fourth pass at the last minute. Khalil Mack had a catch, giving him 3 in the last two games.
WHO NEEDS HELP
The racing game. The Bears’ failure to launch their floor game opposed to one of the NFL’s worst defenses has amplified their fights in this area. Bears have only 126 yards on the court in the last 3 games after driving just 63 yards on Sunday. They had 414 yards in the first three weeks and, unlike the Indianapolis loss and the Tampa Bay victory, the Bears did not face a fierce defensive front. David had 58 yards against Charlotte, Cordarrelle Patterson only had one run for one meter and the blockers simply didn’t create enough holes.
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Cairo Santos. Santos threw the most productive 55-yard basket of his winning career in the first half to send Chicago to the locker room with a 13-6 lead. It is the longest boxing purpose for the Bears since Mike Nugent’s 55 yards in Minnesota on December 31, 2017, Santos, promoted from the practice team when Eddy Piñeiro (groin) was placed on the disabled reserve list before the inaugural game, is 10 out of 12 in the season after making all 3 attempts on Sunday.
STOCK DOWN
The offensive line. The blockade remains a huge challenge for the Bears, and losing left guard James Daniels to an end-of-season pectoral injury most likely opposed to Tampa Bay did not help. Nagy chose to start veteran Rashaad Coward in his position as a second-year professional player. Alex Bars on Sunday, but the challenge is the line as a whole, not just one or two points.
Hurt
The Bears reported no at Sunday’s game.
KEY NUMBER
20 – Chicago’s wins are 20 points.
NEXT STEPS
Bears Jared Goff and Los Angeles Rams for a Monday night game on October 26.
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