Things were not going too swimmingly for the Chicago Bears in their attempt to remain somewhat alive in the NFC Playoff race on Thanksgiving.
Taking on an injury-plagued Detroit Lions team led by undrafted rookie free agent David Blough, Chicago fell down 14-7 in the first half.
Head coach Matt Nagy then decided to go for it on fourth down and six from the Detroit 32 rather than kick a field goal with the struggling Eddy Pineiro.
The end result was disastrous. Mitchell Trubisky missed on the pass terribly. Heck, the Bears were called for illegal formation. That was declined, leading to a first down for Detroit.
Given how much he’s under a microscope for the Bears’ struggles this season, Nagy was blasted by the NFL world over this awful decision.
I am not sure who should feel worse: Trubisky for getting outplayed by David Blough, or Nagy for getting outcoached by Matt Patricia.
— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) November 28, 2019
Matt Nagy: “Okay here’s the playcall”
— Warm Boy Kof (@Kofie) November 28, 2019
Mitch Trubisky: pic.twitter.com/JQnkYewydP
Matt Nagy looks like if @ryenarussillo didn’t sleep for four days pic.twitter.com/28mNEwaybO
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) November 28, 2019
They dont come into games prepared, they dont come out of quarters prepared. They don't come out of timeouts prepared. They don't come out of bye weeks prepared. They don't come into season's prepared.
— Greg Braggs Jr. (@GBraggsJr23) November 28, 2019
My eyes are on you, Matt Nagy.
How do you come out of a timeout & take the play clock all the way down to zero. Also had players running around all over the place, which caused the illegal formation. That’s 100% on Matt Nagy. #Bears
— Aaron Leming (@AaronLemingNFL) November 28, 2019
Matt Nagy called timeout to get the perfect play call for fourth down, then his offense lined up in an illegal formation. This guy was Coach of the Year last year.
— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) November 28, 2019
Hahaha. Nagy AGAIN with that horizontal play for little to no gain. It’s as productive as throwing the ball into the stands.
— Jonathan Hood (@tweetjhood) November 28, 2019
Matt Nagy seriously overthinks every situation. He tries to use a supercomputer to do 3rd grade math.#Bears
— The Bears Report (@TheBearsReport) November 28, 2019
We’re here every single week. Penalties, stupid mistakes, etc…
— Joe Ostrowski (@JoeO670) November 28, 2019
Matt Nagy getting outcoached.
Matthew Nagy is in over his head. Plain and simple.
— jordan cornette (@jordancornette) November 28, 2019
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