Bears’ offense struggles yet again in 24-17 loss to Titans
Tennessee Titans linebacker Derick Roberson (50) brings down Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles (9) in the second half of an NFL football game Sunday. (AP Photo)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Chicago Bears can score really well in the fourth quarter.
Dominate even.
Scoring earlier than the final 15 minutes remains a big problem, and the Bears’ anemic offense provided no help Sunday as they were held scoreless through three quarters in a 24-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans.
Nick Foles threw for 335 yards and two touchdowns as Chicago (5-4) outgained Tennessee 375-228. The Bears also held the ball for nearly 34 minutes and scored 17 points in the fourth quarter.
Not that it mattered as the Bears turned it over on downs on their first possession, followed that with six straight punts wrapped around halftime before a fumble returned 63 yards by Titans cornerback Desmond King for a touchdown late in the third quarter.
Foles, who just made his sixth straight start for Chicago after replacing Mitchell Trubisky, said they have to keep working.
“I don’t know what y’all expect me to say, but other than I believe that we have to keep working at it and keep grinding and keep figuring out what we want to do and how we want to do it, and that’s the only way to be because, quite frankly, we’re the ones in it,” Foles said.
Now the Bears face the challenge of trying to snap this three-game skid heading into a three-game stretch inside the NFC North starting by hosting Minnesota in a prime-time game on Nov. 16.
Robinson said they just have to figure out how to play their game and what they can do best.
“Unfortunately, we dropped three in a row,” Robinson said. “But at the end of the day, we still got a lot of football ahead of us. We still got seven games left. We got to put our foot on the gas and keep it going.”
BILLS 44, SEAHAWKS 34
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen regained his early-season groove by throwing three touchdown passes and scoring one rushing, and the Buffalo Bills beat the Seattle Seahawks 44-34 on Sunday. Buffalo’s defense played a major role in rattling Seattle’s Russell Wilson, who was sacked five times, threw two interceptions and lost two fumbles.
DOLPHINS 34, CARDINALS 31
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa threw for 248 yards and two touchdowns in his second NFL start and Miami rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Arizona.
CHIEFS 33, PANTHERS 31
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 372 yards and four touchdowns, Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill each went over 100 yards receiving, and Kansas City held on to beat Carolina when Joey Slye missed a 67-yard field-goal attempt wide right on the final play.
RAIDERS 31, CHARGERS 26
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert’s pass to Donald Parham Jr. for a 4-yard touchdown on the final play of the game was overturned after a replay review, and Las Vegas held on to beat Los Angeles.
STEELERS 24, COWBOYS 19
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger threw all three of his touchdown passes after shrugging off a knee injury, rallying Pittsburgh past Dallas. Pittsburgh is 8-0 for the first time in the storied franchise’s history.
RAVENS 24, COLTS 10
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Lamar Jackson turned up the tempo in the second half, and Baltimore broke the NFL record for consecutive 20-point games in its win over Indianapolis. After Gus Edwards’ 1-yard plunge gave Baltimore the lead midway through the third quarter, Jackson sealed the win with a 9-yard TD run.
FALCONS 34, BRONCOS 27
ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Ryan took advantage of Denver’s thin secondary to throw three touchdown passes and Atlanta turned back Denver’s bid for a second consecutive comeback.
GIANTS 23, WASHINGTON 20
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Daniel Jones completed his longest pass of the season, didn’t turn the ball over and New York held on.
TEXANS 27, JAGUARS 25
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Deshaun Watson had touchdowns passes of 57 and 77 yards, the second one appearing to come after the play clock expired.





