Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the gd-system-plugin domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /var/www/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114
Bears awful as ever in 31-3 listless loss to Eagles | GrobberNET

GrobberNET

The Official Website of Les Grobstein

GrobberNET

Bears awful as ever in 31-3 listless loss to Eagles

Posted on by

PHILADELPHIA—Another strong performance by Carson Wentz.And another pathetic effort by the Bears who appeared to quit. Another dominant effort by the defense. Another lopsided win for the Philadelphia Eagles.Wentz tossed three touchdown passes and the NFL-leading Eagles beat the Bears 31-3 Sunday for their ninth straight win.The Eagles (10-1) reduced their magic number to clinch the NFC East to one with their fourth consecutive win by at least 23 points and third in a row by exactly 28. Philadelphia would secure its first division title since 2013 if the Cowboys (5-6) lose or tie Washington on Thursday night.

”We’re playing with a lot of momentum, a lot of energy, a lot of swagger,” Wentz said.

Wentz had 227 yards passing, LeGarrette Blount ran for 97 yards and Zach Ertz caught 10 passes for 103 yards and one TD.The defense shut down rookie quarterback Mitchell Trubisky and the inept Bears (3-8), holding them to zero first downs in the first half and 140 total yards in the game.

”That’s the best defense I’ve ever played,” Kyle Long said.

The Bears won the turnover battle (3-2), but couldn’t do anything with excellent field position. They started consecutive drives at midfield and Philadelphia’s 42 but Cairo Santos missed a 54-yard field goal.

”We didn’t play well enough to compete,” Bears coach John Fox said. ”We needed to play really, really well in all three phases to beat that team.”

Wentz threw a 17-yard TD pass to Ertz to give the Eagles a 7-0 lead on their second drive. Jay Ajayi ran 2 yards on fourth-and-1 to keep the drive going and Wentz connected with Alshon Jeffery for 14 yards on third-and-8 one play before the TD.Wentz had a 15-yard TD pass to Nelson Agholor, who flipped over defenders into the end zone to make it 14-0 in the second quarter. Wentz spun away from a blitzer and ran 16 yards on third-and-9 to extend the drive. Then a holding penalty on Bears cornerback Prince Amukamara negated an incomplete pass on third-and-12, and the Eagles scored on the next play.Another holding penalty on Amukamara gave the Eagles a first down late in the second quarter. Wentz then lofted an 8-yard TD pass to Jeffery to extend the lead to 24-0.The Bears entered with the fifth-ranked rushing offense and finished with 6 yards on 14 attempts. They had negative yards before Trubisky scrambled for 12 yards late in the fourth.Ertz is the first player to have 100 yards receiving for the Eagles this season. … Jeffery had five receptions for 52 yards and one TD against his former team. … Wentz is five TD passes away from setting a single-season team record. Sonny Jurgensen had 32 TD passes in 1961. … Eagles are the only NFL team that hasn’t allowed a TD in the first quarter this season. … Bears were the first team not to get a first down in the first half of a game since the Chiefs against the Raiders in Week 15, 2012. … Eagles have three receivers – Ertz, Jeffery and Agholor – with six or more TD receptions.After his TD catch, Jeffery went bowling and his teammates lined up as the pins. Jeffery did a fake roll and all the players went down in the end zone for a strike. Josh Sitton entered concussion protocol. … S Adrian Amos injured a hamstring.The Bears host the San Francisco 49ers (1-9) next Sunday.