Sunday was a beautiful day in Chicago. It was a perfect day to connect with friends outdoors – socially distanced, of course – with temperatures in the 70’s. You couldn’t pick a more idyllic fall day to stroll around the neighborhood, enjoying the fall colors and the soothing sounds of leaves crunching under your feet.
It was a great day to be outside.
Anyways, the Bears’ offense was awful. Pathetic. Embarrassing.
At halftime, the Bears’ leading rusher was linebacker Barkevious Mingo (one carry, 11 yards).
At halftime, the Bears were 0/8 on third down against the worst third down defense in the NFL.
Just before halftime, the Bears put together one of the worst two-minute drives I’ve ever seen.
And then just after halftime, Matt Nagy kept his offense on the field for a fourth-and-inches in Bears territory. Arlington Hambright false started. Then Jimmy Graham false started. The Bears then punted.
It got worse. After Riley Ridley – yes, Riley Ridley! – converted a third-and-16, Nick Foles was flagged for intentional grounding. Two plays later, Nagy called a screen but there was no blocking for David Montgomery, who then fumbled, with that fumble being returned for a Titans touchdown.
At least the Bears got a 22-yard field goal out of Cairo Santos, I guess.
Here’s all you need to know, though. The Bears finished with two third down conversions in 15 tries (13 percent). The Titans entered Sunday allowing opponents to convert 62 percent of their third down tries.
Hopefully you got outside at some point Sunday afternoon instead of watching one of the Bears’ worst games in recent memory.