There’s no doubt Bears coach Matt Nagy loves to throw and would do so as often as possible, so it was an admirable show of his dedication to the run that the offense opened in the I-formation against the Chargers.
And then it worked.
The formation that seems so far outside of Nagy’s wheelhouse might be exactly what the Bears need. A review of the film from their 17-16 loss Sunday showed David Montgomery gained 43 yards on six carries out of the I.
The Bears also ran Mike Davis in that formation twice for three yards, and the one time they used it as a decoy to pass, Mitch Trubisky hit Allen Robinson for 31 yards.