Chicago Bears: Why the offense is not lost after the David Montgomery injury

The Chicago Bears offense isn’t lost with David Montgomery out.

The Chicago Bears star running back went down recently with a suspected groin injury. My biggest takeaway from it isn’t that the Chicago Bears need to panic and run out and grab a running back. If the offensive line is as bad as Bears fans think, it really wouldn’t matter how healthy David Montgomery would be this next season.

Montgomery averaged 3.7 yards per carry last season. While it would be great if he improved that stat this upcoming season if the injury allows him to play, the offense isn’t changing because a new staff was brought in on offense.

The Chicago Bears under Matt Nagy are a pass-first team that opens up the run game because of the pass. Not the other way around. Either Bears fans need to get on board with that or they need to hang tight until a new head coach comes to town. Yes, that is very blunt, but it is true.

Matt Nagy was brought in not to run the I-formation, offset, nor pound the rock 25 times up the middle. Those days are long gone in Chicago and won’t make a return anytime in 2020. I hope and pray that Montgomery makes a full, healthy recovery and could turn into something special.

The tight end group has been playing at a new level thanks to the energy that Jimmy Graham has been bringing. What isn’t being discussed enough is how the young receivers like Riley Ridley and Darnell Mooney have been showing they are ready for bigger roles.

Ridley has been using his route-running savviness to get open a lot recently. Mooney has been compared to a younger, bigger version or Taylor Gabriel. That comparison is great because Gabriel was someone Nagy focused on bringing in to thrive in his role.

One can’t forget that Anthony Miller was the highest-drafted receiver in recent history for the Chicago Bears, Miller has been a game-changer as a slot receiver. We might get to see the full capabilities very soon of what Miller can do as the playmaker that he was in college. Remember, this offense is a pass-first offense.

I disagree with it myself, but we as fans are not the ones running the offense. If one of the quarterbacks start to show that they can run the Nagy offense they way Nagy would run it, we could see some unexpected numbers on offense.