Chicago Bears: Is a revolt brewing on the offensive side of the ball?

More proof that Chicago Bears players are struggling to still trust Nagy

Here is more evidence of a disconnect between Matt Nagy and his players on offense. In the second quarter of the Saints game, the Chicago Bears went 80 yards in four plays for a touchdown. During this drive, they had their longest play of the season — a 50-yard pass to Darnell Mooney. If Foles had not under-thrown the pass it would have gone for a touchdown.

Two plays later Nick Foles connected with Allen Robinson for a 24-yard touchdown pass. This time the pass was slightly overthrown but A-Rob made a great catch. Players like the fans must be thinking this is more like it, we need more of this. However, in Captain WrongWay Peachfuzz style Matt Nagy does not do more of this.

Instead, he goes into his WCO shell. The third and fourth quarters were like death by a thousand cuts of short passes mixed in with some runs. In another fiasco of a third-quarter, Foles threw a long pass nowhere near his target for an interception. After that, there were only two deep balls thrown. One pass was overthrown and incomplete to Mooney and the other was a 28-yard completion to Allen Robinson.

Here is what Allen Robinson had to say after the game, “Whenever we can eat up those chunks of the field, that can definitely change the landscape of a game.” My conclusion is that he was not happy that Nagy abandoned the deeper passes even though they clicked early in the game.

It is, very possible that this was a coded message to his head coach that we lost because you abandoned the deep pass game. How about we add all this behavior by his veteran players with the many very reasonable calls by the media and fans for Nagy to give up his play-calling duties. What it all adds up to is a group of offensive players that do not respect the way their head coach calls a game.

There is one more reason why this is all big trouble for the Bears. Nick Foles is an emotional guy. This might explain why he is also a roller-coaster quarterback with big highs and big lows. He is also a good guy with a big heart whose teammates loved him in Philly. You can see his big heart when stands in the pocket until the last second to release a pass just before he gets mauled by a pass rusher.

It has to be a combustible situation for the Chicago Bears with an emotional quarterback who runs hot and cold to be working closely with his head coach/play-caller whom he very likely does not respect as a play-caller. If anyone wants a reason to start Mitch Trubisky, start with this.