Save for a handful of plays, nothing went right for the Bears’ offense in their season opener against the Packers. Pick your favorite adjective to describe the performance, but they were simply out-coached and out-played.



Since September is the new August in the NFL, it’s now a matter of where they go from here. They need to ask hard questions in their meeting rooms and put the corrective actions into play on the practice field. Mental and physical resolve separate winners from losers. The Bears definitely have the pieces to be the former, but they need to do some soul-searching and self-scouting during the extra time they have before they head to Denver.



Eighteen games into the Matt Nagy era, I’m still unsure of this team’s offensive identity. What do they do well? What is their go-to scheme when they need a crucial few yards to get a fresh set of downs, or score points near the end zone? Those answers need to be identified.