The Chicago Bears dropped to 3-4 on the season with a loss against the Los Angeles Chargers and it's officially time to panic. The NFC is ultra-competitive and the Bears' road to the postseason doesn't get any easier having to play the Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, and Los Angeles Rams in the next three games.
There is still hope inside the Bears locker room that they can turn it around, but it's not going to happen. Let's breakdown three reasons the Bears need to be panicking.
3. There is no room for error
The Bears could go on a run and get hot, but there is no room for errors right now with this team. If the season were to end today, the last team to make the playoffs would be the Minnesota Vikings, who currently sit with a 6-2 record.
Two of the Bears' next three games are on the road and they will be road underdogs in both of those games. To have any chance to climb out of this hole they need to win two of the three games, and they might need all three of them.
Can this team the way they are playing be trusted to go on the road and win either of these games? All the cards seemed to be stacked against them.
2. The Bears still don't have a kicker
Earlier this season the Bears thought they had their kicking issues solved with Eddy Pineiro who seemed to be trustworthy. Pineiro missed a 41-yard kick after time expired that would have been a game-winner if they would have hit it.
Every kicker misses a kick once in a while but if the Bears need a big kick late, it's going to be hard to trust Pineiro to get the job done. That changes the entire gameplan late in the game, although after seeing their plan late on Sunday, maybe it's okay the strategy changes.
1. Matt Nagy and Mitchell Trubisky can't be trusted
Two of the most important parts of the team are the coach and quarterback and right now neither can be trusted to make smart decisions.
Late in the game, Nagy decided to take a knee even though there was 53 seconds left in the game and a timeout in their pocket. Why Nagy would decide to take a knee is puzzling at best, but it might come down to the team not trusting Trubisky.
There is clearly something wrong with his game and confidence. Even making the simple throws seems like a tall task and unless the running backs are going to go wild, it's going to be hard for the offense to move the ball.
At some point, it might be time for the Bears to cut their ties with Trubisky and look for a new quarterback but that is hard to do midseason. Right now it's going to be Trubisky is the leader of this team and that means more losses are going to be on their way for the Bears.
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