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Upon Further Review: 3 big plays on each side of ball that undid Bears vs. Chargers

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Austin Ekeler ran away from the Bears on this 39-yard screen pass for the Chargers’ first touchdown.

There was ample apprehension about the Bears getting and preventing big plays going into their game at the Chargers on Sunday, and failures on both fronts undid them in a 30-13 loss.

The Bears stumbled through missed opportunities and missed tackles, betraying everything coach Matt Eberflus has insisted he has been instilling.

He called the offense’s first drive, when it had a first down at the Chargers’ 39-yard line but eventually punted, indicative of its various whiffs throughout the night and said the defense “wasn’t what I wanted it to be.