3 things we learned in Week 9 loss

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(2) Trubisky has struggled this season, but Nagy insists the quarterback isn’t solely to blame for the offense’s lack of success.


Trubisky didn’t play well Sunday, completing just 10 of 21 passes for 125 yards and a 66.6 passer rating. But he wasn’t alone; his teammates dropped passes, committed penalties and failed to execute their assignments.


“Offensively, there’s a lot more than just one person,” Nagy said. “That’s the part that’s frustrating, is Mitch knows and I know and we all know that [most of the criticism] goes to him. He gets it. But there are a lot of people involved here that we really believe in that it didn’t happen yesterday. That’s the part that’s really frustrating.”


Trubisky helped rally the Bears in the second half, setting up a pair of Montgomery 1-yard touchdown runs with completions of 53 yards to receiver Taylor Gabriel and 30 yards to Montgomery.


But Trubisky struggled in the first half. He threw wide of open receiver Allen Robinson II on third down on the Bears’ first possession and then held the ball too long and was sacked on the first play of their next drive. The Bears lined up with five receivers and an empty backfield on the play.


“That would be one that I think Mitch would tell you he’d want back,” Nagy said. “It’s a quick ball-out type of deal. That’s certainly one that we’d want back.”


(3) With the losing streak now at four, Nagy understands the importance of remaining positive and keeping his players believing in themselves.


The Bears haven’t won since Sept. 29 against the Vikings—which seems like an eternity ago. But they still have eight games remaining and must begin preparing for Sunday’s NFC North clash versus the Lions.


“For me, that’s my job is to make sure I understand that,” Nagy said. “When you have the type of leaders that we have on both sides, you believe in those guys in making sure they communicate to you where we stand as a team. And I've done that. I've done it from that first loss that we had, which seems like forever ago. And now we just communicate.


“But that’s certainly a part of it, that’s a big part of it. And the ones that rally around each other and stay positive, which is what we do as a team is, we stay positive and we fight through it. It’s going to come, it’s just a matter of when. And I know it’s hard for everybody. It’s hard for us, it’s hard for everybody out there. But I’m all about positivity, and that’s the way we attack it.”