The Chicago Bears suffered an awful loss in London on Sunday, falling to the Oakland Raiders by a score of 24-21.
Afterward, Bears head coach Matt Nagy said his team's offense is not helping out the defense.
“I want to see when these times happen that we can do a little bit more offensively to be able to help that defense out after they have four pretty good games,” said Nagy, according to Rich Campbell of The Chicago Tribune.
Chicago did not register a point in the first half. The Bears did drop 21 points in the third quarter to grab a 21-17 edge, but they went scoreless in the fourth period and gave up the lead.
Nagy took responsibility for Chicago's lack of offensive production.
Article Continues Below“As the offense goes, the numbers don’t lie,” Nagy said. “Not good enough. It’s my job to make sure that it gets better.”
Of course, the Bears were without starting quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, who was sidelined with a shoulder injury, but based on how he played over the first four games, it's hard to imagine that Chicago's offense would have fared much better with him under center.
His replacement, Chase Daniel, completed 22 of his 30 passes for 231 yards, a couple of touchdowns, and a pair of interceptions.
The Bears were also unable to get their run game going, as they totaled just 42 yards on the ground. Their leading rusher was rookie David Montgomery, who carried the ball 11 times for a meager 25 yards and a score.
Chicago dropped to 3-2 with the loss and will now head into its bye week before hosting the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 20.