Chicago Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent hit wide receiver Jahdae Walker for a game-winning touchdown with two seconds left in the game for the Bears to take down the Kansas City Chiefs 29-27 in the preseason finale.
It was all good vibes, and every Bears fan was feeling the emotions of the comeback. Head coach Ben Johnson did not join in on that celebration. In fact, he wasn't too happy after the game.
Johnson spoke with the media after the game, discussing his starting offense and what had plagued them through the first two drives of the game.
"Offensively, the first two possessions was really sloppy football that has plagued us in and out of camp so far, and unfortunately that's what we got here tonight," Johnson said via ESPN.
He concluded with his sheer disappointment on how the offense performed and preached to getting off to faster starts to games.
"It is disappointing to me offensively for sure," Johnson said. "I thought that we had worked our way out of that.
If the first quarter was really any indication, it's not good enough, so we got to get better in a hurry. Good news is we will be able to look at this tape and coach it up with our guys and I think it's out of our system hopefully for us going into the regular season. We got to make sure that we start faster on offense and on defense."
Is Johnson justified in feeling the way he did about Bears' starting offense?
The first two drives of the game were not great. Chicago only gained six yards on the first drive that included quarterback Caleb Williams putting the ball on the ground on a botched hand off on the very first play. Even with the second drive having one first down, Williams took a bad sack on second down that put them behind the sticks.
Credit to the starting offense for fighting through and put up two good drives to end the half. Bears running back D'Andre Swift carried them on their third drive that ended with a Cairo Santos 28-yard field goal. Williams caught fire on the final drive with a 25-yard completion to Olamide Zaccheaus and a 37-yard pass to Rome Odunze. The drive was completed with a three-yard touchdown catch to Odunze.
Williams finished the night completing 11 of 15 passes for 113 yards and one touchdown. Odunze ended up being the leading receiver on the Bears with three catches for 45 yards and a score.
Johnson is right about the slow start. That was not a great look with Williams almost reverting back to his old ways.
A nice mix of under center play actions and shotgun passes in the last two drives of the first half really helped in the offense get into a rhythm. The running game was rolling on the third drive and Williams finally felt comfortable on the last drive to shred the Chiefs' secondary apart.
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It clearly was not a perfect game for the Bears' offense, but at least they show resilence and finished the night with two scores. Still, there's a lot of work needing to be done in the next two weeks before the Minnesota Vikings season-opener.