Chicago Tribune

David Haugh: Bears spin their wheels on offense, while forceful ground games make a comeback around the NFL

CHICAGO - If Matt Nagy is serious about looking in the mirror this week, he will see a Bears coach responsible for the offense becoming too soft.

The Bears offense is the doughy guy at the gym with the love handles, vowing to change but lacking the discipline to follow through.

Only Nagy can force the offense from featuring so much finesse and emphasize the run. Under Nagy, the Bears flirt with the running game but never fully commit to it. More than anything, that fear of commitment has prevented the offense from finding football bliss.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune6 min read
Migrant Mourns Death Of Child, One Of The Many Unaccounted For In Chicago: ‘Without Money, You’re Nobody’
Karis Calderon, 25, walked across seven countries to make it to Chicago for a stable job. Four weeks later, she couldn’t even afford to pay for the funeral services of her youngest child. The Venezuelan mother lost her 3-year-old — Luciana Valentina
Chicago Tribune4 min read
‘The Big Cigar’ Review: When A Black Panther Founder Fled To Cuba With The Help Of A Hollywood Producer
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A Black Panther revolutionary and a Hollywood insider walk into a bar … and plan a caper that has the latter helping to smuggle the former out of the country. That story — about political activist Huey P. Newton and
Chicago Tribune5 min readCrime & Violence
More Than 112,000 Illinois Residents Have Lost The Right To Own Guns. The State Doesn’t Know If 84,000 Still Have Them, Sheriff Says
CHICAGO — More than 112,000 Illinois residents have been deemed too dangerous to own guns, but the state doesn’t know if 84,000 of those people still have them, according to a new analysis by the Cook County sheriff’s department. The number lays bare

Related Books & Audiobooks