Matt Nagy Has Perfect Response to Question About Bears' Lack of Run Game

When you have a one-dimensional offense in the NFL, your chances of winning become severely damaged. When that one dimension involves throwing the ball all over the field with Mitchell Trubisky, you may end up digging your own grave.

The Bears fell 36-25 in Week 7 to Teddy Bridgewater and the New Orleans Saints in a game that didn't feel anywhere near that lose. Trubisky once again stunk and struggled to complete anything downfield, even if the box score didn't tell that story. When Matt Nagy was asked why he only ran the ball seven (!) times while throwing it 54 times, his answer was refreshingly blunt.

Matt Nagy: "I know we need to run the ball more. I'm not an idiot. I never go into a game saying I want to throw the ball 54 times. I'd love to go into a game saying I'd like to run the ball 54 times, but that hasn't happened."
— Mark Grote (@markgrotesports) October 21, 2019

Chicago has tried four different running backs to jump-start the running game, and nothing has worked. Much-hyped rookie David Montgomery has just 231 yards on 3.3 yards per carry, while Tarik Cohen has carried the ball just 20 times all year for 47 yards.

Cordarrelle Patterson has proven himself to be nothing more than a gadget player on offense, while Mike Davis has been a non-factor since Week 1.

Part of Chicago's inability to run the football is a lack of one standout player that could grab the job and never let go, but part of it is some head-scratching coaching and game-planning by Nagy.

Matt Nagy’s self-scouting resulted in giving the ball to David Montgomery exactly 1 time in the first half.

There are no positives hidden in that sentence.
— Connor McKnight (@C1McKnight) October 20, 2019

Nagy was the guy who jump started Kareem Hunt's career in Kansas City, so you can't convince me that the cupboard is totally bare of ideas on how to get this running game in a groove. At the very least, at least the head coach understands the gravity of the issue.