Bears fall to Commanders in low-scoring affair | Game Recap
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The Bears couldn’t beat a huge number of slip-ups Thursday night, including a couple of expensive turnovers and no focuses on three red-zone assets, in a 12-7 misfortune to the Commandants at Trooper Field.
The Bears (2-4) got an opportunity to start to lead the pack in the last moment of the game following a missed 48-yard field objective by Commandants kicker Joey Slye that gave the offense the ball at their 38 with 1:49 to go. Quarterback Justin Fields mixed 39 yards down the passed on side of the field to arrive at Washington’s 5. Be that as it may, on fourth-and-objective from the 4, Fields tossed to collector Darnell Mooney, who got it shy of the objective line, fixing the success for the Administrators (2-4).
“Our guard worked really hard of ascending there when we didn’t get that fourth down and driving a missed field objective,” mentor Matt Eberflus said. “And afterward we drove it right down the length of the field to allow ourselves an opportunity to win it toward the end there, and afterward didn’t punch it in.”
While the Bears didn’t score until the second from last quarter, they had two red-zone open doors in the main half.
The accompanying Bears ownership brought about a turnover on downs after Fields toppled tight end Ryan Griffin in the end zone on third-and-objective from the 1 and running back Khalil Herbert was held back on fourth-and-objective.
“Finish, that is all there is to it,” Fields said of the botched red-zone valuable open doors. “That is the jist of the entire game: finish. We didn’t wrap up. Missed a totally open score pass, didn’t wrap up. Fourth-and-1, gave the ball off to [Herbert], couldn’t complete it. Last play, couldn’t complete it. There’s different plays in that game that we might have made to change the entire game, however the synopsis, all things considered, is we didn’t wrap up. It doesn’t make any difference on the off chance that you drive right down to the 5-, 1-yard line and don’t score. It’s exactly the same thing as a three-and-out and you dropkick inside the 10. It’s exactly the same thing. So the very greatest thing is simply wrapping up.”
Washington’s go on score in the final quarter came after beneficiary Velus Jones Jr. blundered a dropkick at the Bears’ 6. Running back Brian Robinson Jr. had a 1-yard TD hurry to put the Commandants up 12-7.
Fields finished 14 of 27 passes for 190 yards while scrambling for 88 yards. Running backs Herbert and David Montgomery included 75 and 67 yards the ground, individually.
Commandants quarterback Carson Wentz finished 12 of 22 passes for 99 yards; Robinson added up to 60 surging yards on 17 conveys and a score.
On the Bears’ subsequent belonging, the offense was driving downfield as Fields associated with Kmet for 15 yards then recipient Dante Pettis for 19 yards. However, subsequent to arriving at the Washington 5, Fields’ pass planned for Kmet was tipped by end Efe Obada then caught by tackle Jonathan Allen.
The Bears safeguard didn’t allow the Commandants to underwrite as linebacker Roquan Smith terminated Wentz on third down for a deficiency of 5 yards. After the Bears got the ball back at their own 30, Herbert sidestepped safeguards and broke free for a 64-yard race to arrive at the Washington 6.
While the Bears had their best an open door to score, Fields ousted Griffin in the end zone and third down, then Herbert was halted on the following play.
The game’s most memorable score didn’t come until 46 seconds before halftime when Slye made a 38-yard field objective to put the Commandants up 3-0. Washington’s greatest play in the drive was a 16-yard run by J.D. McKissic, yet cornerbacks Kyler Gordon and Jaylon Johnson were likewise hailed for pass impedance, permitting the Commandants to remain on the field and arrive at Bears an area.
A 40-yard score pass from Fields to Pettis gave the Bears a 7-3 lead with 7:16 leftover in the second from last quarter. On second-and-9, Fields snapped the ball rapidly to get the Leaders with 12 men on the field, then conveyed an ideal profound ball to Pettis toward the rear of the end zone. The Bears went 94 yards on the 9-play drive.
“That was amazing,” mentor Matt Eberflus said. That was perfect. We’ve been attempting to pull that off these initial not many games, and we did. Man, what a toss. We as a whole know he’s an extraordinary profound ball hurler and he tossed right in there and Dante had an extraordinary catch and execution.”
The Officers slice down the Bears’ lead to 7-6 as Slye kicked a 28-yard field objective with 14:51 left to play. On third-and-objective from the 10, tackle Justin Jones diverted Wentz’s pass for an inadequacy, driving the field objective attempt. Running back Antonio Gibson represented 43 of the 65 yards on the 13-play drive.
After the Bears guard constrained a three-and-out, Jones blundered the resulting dropkick and Washington recuperated the bumble at Chicago’s 6-yard line. Robinson then punched it in from 1 yard out two plays later. While the Officers flopped on a two-point change, they took a 12-7 lead with 7:21 left in the game.
On the Bears following drive, an unlawful utilization of hands punishment on cornerback Benjamin St-Juste supported the belonging after Fields was sacked on third-and-5. After a couple of inadequate passes, the Bears chose to put it all on the line on fourth-and-11, however a postponement of game punishment made it fourth-and-16. The offense remained on the field, yet Fields tossed an inadequacy planned for collector Ihmir Smith-Marsette and Washington took over with 2:28 to play.