Who’s the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?
Matt Nagy’s offense has me thinking about that classic Obi-Wan Kenobi line from A New Hope, and not just because his entire offense looks like it was learned from notes scribbled in the margins of a “Football For Dummies” book. The entire thing is just a disjointed mess.
And frankly, I feel like the dummy for having spent a gorgeous November afternoon watching it. Those of you who were around when we first launched Bleacher Nation Bears might remember my refrain “I’ll watch, so you don’t have to,” when John Fox was running the show. Hopefully, you didn’t stick around much longer than you had to today.
By the time the game was over today, the Titans beat the Bears 24-17 and Chicago fell to 5-4 ahead of their Monday Night Football matchup against the Vikings in Week 10. Speaking of which, that Monday night game means we get an extra day to gnash our teeth in reviewing what we just saw. Or rather, what we didn’t see, as in progress from an offense that promised so much more than what we’re seeing.
It’s been 41 games. Matt Nagy’s offense is a disjointed mess.
Imagine a collection of recipes from someone who has been around great chefs, but hasn’t quite mastered the basics of being in the kitchen. That’s what Nagy’s offense looks like right now.
It looks like a collection of plays thrown together into a playbook. Remember when video games first provided the option to create-a-playbook and all you added were four verts and the occasional draw? That’s what this is like. It’s like an aggregation of plays with no rhyme or reason. They’re just put on a page where the aggregator expects you to click ’em all just because they’re there. Except Nagy clicks them all, and now has two dozen windows open and no idea what to click on next.
Matt Nagy’s offense is a disjointed mess.
As for how to repair a broken coach, I’m not totally sure. But we have eight days to discuss it! And that’s good, because it might take us a while.