Chicago Bears: 3 takeaways from loss to Green Bay

What can fans take away from the Chicago Bears disappointing loss to the Green Bay Packers?

If the Chicago Bears performance last night against the Green Bay Packers left you numb, you are not alone. After an entire offseason of hype, hope, and optimism, fans were busting at the seams for kickoff of a season with Super Bowl aspirations.

And then — well — kerplunk. While it wasn’t exactly a “double-doink” the collective thud from the Bears’ offense was heard around Chicago.

The team never got into a rhythm offensively and fans likely filtered out of Soldier Field extremely disappointed with a lot of questions — many they probably never thought they’d be asking themselves this season.

So what, if anything, can we take away from the Bears’ 10-3 loss to their division rival on a night they should have been celebrating their 100th season? We take a look below.

Offensive abomination

Was there a plan last night? In all seriousness, what was the gameplan offensively? Matt Nagy talked after the game about failing to get into a rhythm on offense. However, nothing he did as a play-caller did anything to help them do so. Mitchell Trubisky’s 45 passes were far too many in a one-score game, especially when you consider they only ran the ball 12 times.

Trubisky’s performance was equally ugly and all too reminiscent of his inconsistency last year when it was explained away by being a young quarterback in a new offense. Last night there were no available excuses. He just flat out stunk.

Honestly, the eternal optimist in me wants to believe they will figure this out and get things turned around. After all, Nagy can change his approach and balance the play calls. However, Mitch is another story. All offseason we heard how he had a much better grasp of the offense and was progressing through his pre and post-snap reads much better.

If that was true, it didn’t translate to the field last night. Trubisky continued to struggle with his reads, often seeming to predetermine where he was going to go with the football. As a result, he threw the game-sealing interception and had at least two other passes that should have been picked. All of his flaws were on display last night and now the Bears have to face a team in the Denver Broncos whose head coach is intimately familiar with them.