The (4-10) extended their losing streak to eight games once again in embarrassing fashion in the national spotlight. Taking on the for the second time in four weeks, the Bears put up another horrible offensive performance, accompanied by a defensive effort that was practically non-existent in a 30-12 loss in Week 15 on Monday. It was the same story as the rest of the regular season with the Bears not doing anything on the offensive side of the football for the entire first half against Minnesota.
Their lack of production was the decision making by interim head coach Thomas Brown, who twice elected to go for it on fourth down situations in which he could've either kicked a field goal, or punted the ball away. On Chicago's first drive of the game, the Bears offense ran a pitch play on fourth-and-one, failing to convert, and giving Minnesota the ball inside Chicago's 40-yard line on their opening offensive possession. A penalty by Doug Kramer on what should've been a touchdown run by D'Andre Swift was a sign of the times for Chicago as a team, only putting up their lone touchdown in garbage time with the game out of reach in the fourth quarter.
Here's everything we learned following Chicago's eighth straight loss, pulling closer to the end of the season. There is not much to speak of that hasn't been mentioned already. Brown inexcusably went for it twice on fourth own, rather than punting or taking a field goal, and dug the Bears into a hole they were not able to get out of, but.
