The Bears’ deflating loss to the Chargers boiled down to three factors: two missed field goals by Eddy Piñeiro, two second-half turnovers by Mitch Trubisky and red-zone inefficiency. To me, the offensive failures near the goal line were the most egregious — 20 plays inside the Chargers’ 20-yard line, 12 inside their 10-yard line, 16 total points.



Across the league in Week 8, 24 teams ran plays inside their opponent’s 10-yard line per Sportradar. Of those 24, 21 scored touchdowns. Of those 21, 10 scored multiple touchdowns. Of those 10, eight won their respective games (only the Buccaneers and Giants lost).



Coincidentally, the only team to not score a touchdown in that area of the field and win was the Chargers, who settled for a 20-yard field goal after a long third-quarter drive stalled out at the Bears’ 2-yard line. The Bears’ offensive issues in this area made that anomaly...