Matt Nagy’s decision to try to convert four fourth-down plays against the Rams — including a fourth-and-15 from the Rams 30-yard line — looked like a lack of confidence in the Bears’ shaky defense. But that’s not so, Nagy said.
“This answer won’t sound good because we were 0-for-4, but it’s the confidence I had in our offense,” Nagy said. “We knew going into it with some of those plays we had, we felt good with — and we just didn’t convert them.”
The fourth-and-15 play particularly raised eyebrows. The Bears trailed 27-14 with 10:07 to play and could have closed to within 27-17 with a 48-yard field goal.