Chicago Bears: Oh Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy what to do?
The Chicago Bears need a change
The passing game does not open up the running game. Nagy tried it; he failed; it is time to move on from that. Or risk losing this season trying to shove a circular peg into a square hole. Maybe the edges will eventually grind down, and it will fit. Until that happens, I don’t know what to say anymore.
This was just one loss, but the concern I have in this overreaction is that Matt Nagy still seems to be calling plays without a plan. There was hardly any presnap motion, and why are we still seeing Cordarrellle Patterson in on third and short to pick up first downs.
The Chicago Bears have tried to be a team that passes to open up the run game. It just does not seem to work. After two and a half years, this offense is not scoring points early and often. This year has been a crazy year in which teams are scoring 30 points a game at a high rate, yet the Bears are at the bottom end of that scoring-wise.
Why would a coach come into the game against the Colts with the plan to run inside zone? Deforest Buckner is a one-person wrecking crew. Those are types of players Nagy needs to game plan around.
Stop the run and force the pass. That is what basic football should be about. Get a ground game going by any means necessary, and then with the passing lanes open, throw the ball. These are basic fundamentals when calling plays. Those are things Matt Nagy needs to focus on. Enough of me ranting over Nagy. It is only one loss, and things hopefully will get better.
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I would like to see Bill Lazor force himself into the play-calling duties and weekly scheming. I would say that he is involved, but it seems like the play calling reverts back to this “so obvious a guy at a bar can call the ball before it happens” offense. If we can see it coming on TV, the opposing defenses can see it coming on the field.