The Bears run defense allowed the NFL’s fourth-ranked rushing offense to gain 149 yards and one TD on 33 carries, an average of 4.5 yards per attempt. Tyler Allgeier ran for 55 yards on eight carries and Cordarrelle Patterson added 52 yards on 10 attempts.
The Bears pass defense failed to record a sack for the second time in three games and has just 15 in 11 games this season. Marcus Mariota completed 13 of 20 passes for 131 yards with one TD and a 100.2 passer rating.
The Bears’ NFL record streak of five straight games with at least 225 yards rushing was snapped Sunday, with the ground game producing 160 yards and two TDs on 41 carries. Fields rushed for a team-high 85 yards and one TD on 18 attempts and David Montgomery added 67 yards and one TD on 17 attempts.
With Herbert being placed on injured reserve last Tuesday, rookie Trestan Ebner helped pick up the slack Sunday, running for eight yards on six carries.
Since beating the Texans 23-20 to improve to 2-1, the Bears have lost seven of eight, including their last four straight. During that span they’re 0-6 in one-score games, losing the last three weeks after failing to score on their final possession.
“It’s just execution,” Kmet said. “That’s all this game is. [It] sounds simple, but it’s really hard to do. [We’ve] just got to execute better and when it comes down to the end of the game like that you’ve just got to be perfect in everything you do.”
Kmet is eager for the offense to have another shot at a late game-winning drive.
“We’ve got to just do it,” he said. “We haven’t done it here in the past couple weeks and I want that opportunity again. We still have a lot of ball left to play here until the end of the season. I think these opportunities are going to come up more than once with these last six games we’ve got left. But I want the opportunity to do it again, and I think it’s necessary for our offense to grow.”
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