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After seeing Sunday’s thrilling 27-23 victory over the Lions, Bears coach Matt Nagy discussed three things monday that marked him, adding the need for consistency and impressive NFL debut through two rookies:
(1) Nagy was excited that the Bears showed resistance to turn a 23-6 deficit at the beginning of the last quarter into a dramatic victory, but they would not have had to recover from 17 problems if they had driven better on both sides of the ball in the first three periods.
By the start of the last 15 minutes, the offense had been limited to two goals on the Field of Cairo Santos and the defense had unusually allowed two touchdowns and one basket in three Lions practices.
“Our boys stayed in combination and turned their backs when we had to,” Nagy said Monday. “The challenge is that we can’t get into this scenario from the beginning. You can’t dig that hole. “
Although the Bears had to identify an effective running game, they couldn’t keep controls on a giant component because they failed to convert their first seven third-down chances.
“This is unacceptable, ” said Nagy. No can have that. You’re not going to win in this league, so you have to take care of her. “
In the first half, the Bears were forced to settle for targets on their two trips within Detroit’s 20-yard line.
“In the red zone, I told you last week, touchdowns, touchdowns, touchdowns,” Nagy said. “You have to have touchdowns and we did it in the last room. But let’s do it the right way. Let’s start at the beginning. Let’s move on to 3 to start the game. Let’s take a third party, difficult for everyone and make sure we’re all responsible at all times for doing their job. “
Quarterback Mitchell Trubisky propelled the rally with 8 out of 10 passes for 89 yards and 3 touchdowns in the last quarter, but the airstrike stuttered during the first three when Trubisky followed in 12 of 26 passes for 153 yards.
On the ground, the Bears accumulated 149 yards on 28 hauls, David ran for 64 yards in thirteen attempts and Tarik Cohen gained 41 yards on seven hauls, his top productive game in the area since December 9, 2018, when he ran for 69 yards. in nine attempts at Sunday night’s victory over the Los Angeles Rams.
“We all started together with the tape and you say, “Okay, where are we?What are the problems?” said Nagy, well, I think number 1, we did a very clever task to have a good fortune in the race. -play. We succeeded in the racing game, which is helping the action game, so it’s a start.
“Decision-making, as you walk the tape, there are times when I think Mitch can be bigger with some of his decisions, and he wants to do it, and he will. Then you reach the fourth trimester and it ended with three smart pitches for touchdowns. He made eight out of 10 and, on critical occasions, made critical shots.
“The most important thing we have to do to achieve consistency in the game. We want to be more consistent and we want to help the offense in general do that, and when you ask Mitchell, he has to too. “
(2) Nagy satisfied with the Bears’ rookie functionality on Sunday, especially second-round cornerer Jaylon Johnson and fifth-round catcher Darnell Mooney His NFL debuts were even more impressive given that all low-season preseason practices and games were cancelled due to COVID-19.
Johnson’s welcome moment in the NFL came in the first half when he crossed receiver Marvin Hall at a 26-yard reception, but Utah’s product recovered to make its own impact.
First, Johnson generated the only result of the game when he deviated a pass from Matthew Stafford intercepted by Kyle Fuller. The Bears changed the volume of the ball on a 27-yard landing pass from Trubisky to Anthony Miller. Johnson, who played all 78 shots in defense, then claimed victory by getting rid of Stafford’s desperate pass in the finish zone at the end of time.
“Jaylon Johnson, one of his greatest strengths, and few others know it and will locate him soon, is that he has a short reminiscence and a lot of self-confidence,” Nagy said. have that in this league, especially in this position. He has wonderful skills with the ball . . . We’re really excited to see his future, and we feel really smart about him as draft selection. “
Meanwhile, Mooney played 21 of 65 shots on offense (32 percent) and put in three passes for 38 yards, one of 19 yards. Nagy announced Monday that Tulane’s product has gained an expanded role in the future.
“The lighting fixtures weren’t too bright for him yesterday at all, ” said Nagy. “You saw the first catch he had, right in the middle, about 20 yards away. He grabbed the ball, knelt down, and was popular enough to get up and run. You saw the movements he made in his moment of capture on the left in the rotation path.
“It was very encouraging to see where he was. We were looking to find out how well he’d take care of it. It was only 20 or 21 plays he played. I suspect we’d tell you without giving you a number, we were inspired by the way he played and I think he’ll definitely see it more. “
(3) Nagy was not satisfied with what happened at the end of the first half in either aspect of the ball, however, the Bears’ coach does not regret having an aggressive and offensive mindset in the offense.
When the Bears took over in their 11th place with 1:05 left in the first half, Nagy focused on problems before halftime to tie it 6-6 on a clock fault and headed to the locker room.
But the Bears went to 3 and burned on their own: 14 hours forcing the Lions to ask for time-out. Cohen came out of the bounds after a three-yard reception and Trubisky followed him with a couple of incomplete passes, which led to clearing of the depths of Chicago territory.
Taking over the Bears’ 48th with 40 for playing in half, Stafford finished 7, 16 and 24 yards in consecutive moves to prepare Andre Swift’s 1-yard touchdown, which gave the Lions a 13-6 lead with. : 19 to play in half.
“When you go through there like we did, it’s not to be stubborn, it’s a mindset we have right now,” Nagy said. “Now there are things that happen to this domain where you have to be smart; you can’t be careless about it. You have to be cautious in making that decision. I didn’t ask for drops in seven steps there to stop the ball and take a bag.
“It’s a quick game, with the ball out. So we didn’t just need to run by, running, passing, giving them the ball, flipping the field. We seek to maintain that competitive mindset with the highest percentage of pitches. ended up throwing it flat on the left side. And there are some things we can do in the punch line in this game. And we ended up moving left there at 29 (Cohen). And then the game In the moment, we tried a shot with 17 one against one opposite Anthony and we missed it almost.
“On the other hand, what we did we explained to our entire team, but especially to our defense, ‘Hey, look, we’re passing by to be attackers and aggressive, so if that happens. And we pass 3 times, we pass So when you throw the ball and return it to the 48 yard with: 40 to do, in the worst case yields a basket, at worst, not a touchdown.
“That’s where we’re informed as a team, like” Hey, we’re going to be competitive and then we’re going to you if it doesn’t work. “
Head coach Matt Nagy meets with the media on Monday at Halas Hall.
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