When explaining why he chose Sean Desai over over eight other defensive coordinator candidates in January, Bears coach Matt Nagy will often rattle off the qualities he likes about the first-year play-caller.
“You can see the energy and the swag that he has on the sideline,” Nagy said last month. “The juice. The fire. The guys see that. They feel that.”
Which is what made Sunday’s 34-14 loss to the Rams that much more damning. Not only did the Bears struggle, but they were flat.
“We didn’t have the outcome that we wanted to have,” inside linebacker Alec Ogletree said this week.