All of these defenses are better than the 49ers. The Bears struggled to score against the Rams, Bucs and Browns.
Everyone who is excited to see how the team performed last week and claiming it had to do with the fact Matt Nagy wasn’t around is overreacting to the situation. Scoring 22 points against a middle-of-the-pack defense is not awful, but scoring only 22 points against a middle-of-the-pack defense without these key players is meh in my opinion. When the Chicago Bears played them though, these players were all out due to various injuries. The defense had been better versus the run than the pass, but still solid nonetheless. Heading into Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers were 13th overall in Defensive DVOA.
What we saw was Justin Fields having another game under his belt while facing a 49ers defense that is not only average but was missing multiple key players. As much as I enjoyed not seeing Matt Nagy on the sidelines, it had more to do with the fact that I was envisioning what the end of this season (yes, I am hopeful that the new rule might actually force the Bears to fire Nagy before the end of the year) will look like knowing that Matt Nagy is no longer involved in calling plays for Justin Fields and this offense.Īlthough we saw some differences take place in the offense last week, it was not enough to think that Matt Nagy’s playbook was not the driving force.
