Kudos to Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains. He did everything in his power to make it clear that the failure of the past month was a team effort. The decision to bench Mike Glennon was not the original plan by any stretch. There was plenty of blame to go around from the pre-snap penalties to the failed execution on routes and blocks.
It’s a fair criticism. These are definitely nagging issues the Bears offense has suffered through. At the same time it was clear to everybody with eyes that Glennon had to go. There were too many things wrong with his style of play. He couldn’t run at all. Teams knew he refused to throw any deep passes. That allowed them to stack the tackle box with eight, nine and even 10 defenders.
It made running the football almost impossible for Jordan Howard and Tarik Cohen. Last but not least, his vision and accuracy were erratic. Too many times he either missed open receivers or didn’t see them at all. This led to him holding the ball and taking unnecessary sacks or throwing it to the other team.
So while Loggains’ defense of him was sincere, he also failed miserably to hide his emotions when Mitch Trubisky became the subject.
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