The Chicago Bears protection apparently nonetheless hasn't recovered from final week's Hail Mary mistake.
The Bears protection fully collapsed within the remaining seconds earlier than halftime towards the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday afternoon and gave up a landing. That despatched the Cardinals, who had been nicely out of the sphere earlier than the rating, into the locker room with a 21-9 lead at State Farm Stadium.
Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray handed the ball to quarterback Emari Demercado on third down with simply 12 seconds left within the second quarter. They had been nonetheless in their very own half of the pitch and at finest had been taking a look at an extended subject objective try earlier than the break.
However one way or the other, Demercado broke the road and ran 53 yards virtually fully untouched for the landing.
It marked the second landing of the quarter, following a 1-yard landing run by Noah Swell lower than three minutes earlier.
The blown recreation was the second straight inning the Bears have stumbled. The Washington Commanders surprised the Bears final week with a last-second Hail Mary on an ideal throw from Jayden Daniels to Noah Brown. The play, which is able to go down as the most effective Hail Mary passes in fashionable NFL historical past, was made even worse for Chicago after cornerback Tyrique Stevenson was seen taunting his Commanders followers earlier than blowing his full protection.
Because of this, Stevenson was dropped from the beginning lineup on Sunday. He apparently didn't reply to the information till a lot earlier than the sport, as he briefly left apply Wednesday to “pull himself collectively.”
The second half was no higher for the Bears. The Cardinals cruised to a 29-9 victory and held Chicago scoreless over the ultimate 30 minutes. Chad Ryland hit a pair of subject objectives, after which the Cardinals really scored a security within the fourth quarter earlier than closing out the 20-point victory.
Kyler Murray went 13 of 20 for 154 yards within the win and James Conner ran for 107 yards on 18 carries to steer the Cardinals, who now personal a 5-Four document. Caleb Williams went 22-of-41 for 216 yards for the Bears, and D'Andrew Swift had 51 yards on the bottom. Rome Odunze additionally had 104 yards on 5 catches.
The Bears entered Sunday's recreation with a Four-Three document. If they’d stopped the Hail Mary final week, they’d have been on a 4 recreation successful streak as nicely. Now, although, they've dropped two in a row and are again to .500 on the 12 months. Matt Eberflus' protection appears to wrestle when it issues most. We'll see in the event that they flip issues round subsequent weekend once they host the New England Patriots.