The Chicago Bears beat the Panthers 23-16 Sunday, after last weekend’s COVID-19 scare.
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears are off to their best start in eight years. They’re just not racking up style points to go with those victories. There is plenty of room to improve, particularly on offense. But they’re winning. And coach Matt Nagy will take that over the alternative. The Bears beat the Panthers 23-16 Sunday. The Bears’ top 10 defense held Tom Brady in check last week, with Khalil Mack sacking the six-time Super Bowl champion twice in a 20-19 victory. But they’re not making it easy on themselves. They had to rally from 17 down in the fourth quarter to take the opener at Detroit and trailed by 16 in the fourth two weeks later at Atlanta before squeezing past the Falcons. Against Tampa Bay, they trailed 13-0 in the first half. Nagy laid into the offense afterward, venting about lapses in execution. He was particularly peeved about imprecise route running, missed chances for quarterback Nick Foles, and breakdowns in blocking technique.
