Few thoughts:
1. A basic requirement of coaching is the ability to evaluate the players, the talent on the team. There was an obvious misevaluation of the talent of the offensive line. Whitehair is better as a guard than center, Ifedi better as a tackle than guard. Cowart was the worst OL I've ever seen. He has no balance, the most important requirement to play OL. Leno is a joke, Massie stinks when healthy. Finally turning to Bars & Mustipher really stabilized the offense. They really need to draft a LT.
Tom Thayer today was talking about the bad blocking schemes the Bears use on running plays. The schemes ask OLmen to do things very few OLmen can do. The TAPE NEVER LIES guy has complained of this for a long time.
Looks like Mooney has passed Miller as the#2 WR.
Giving up a 4th round pick (in addition to picking up his bloated contract) for Foles was a terrible decision by Pace. Never been a fan of Trubisky, but he looks like Joe Montana compared to Foles. The Foles & Quinn contracts may mean no contract for Robinson.
Bears need to find a TRUE FB, Holtz has been really bad this year after playing well last year.
2. I thought the defense looked terrible in the 1st half. I know Johnson and Skrene are injured, but what has happened to the defense? Hicks was a zero today. Hurt or just past it. Quinn covering the TE? No pressure & soft coverage made Mike Glennon look like a competent NFL QB. The DL is no longer a team strength. John Jenkins had more tackles (3) than anyone on the DL.
Vildor passes my eye test, the TD pass to Chark wasn't his fault. Duke Shelly is lucky to be in the NFL. Eddie Jackson looks unmotivated. Doesn't deserve the huge contract he got.
I don't know why the defense has been in free fall recently.