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Nick Foles will have to deal with protection issues

Bears quarterback Nick Foles, the greatest team guy this side of Josh McCown, wasn’t about to even gently criticize his undermanned and overwhelmed offensive line Sunday.

“They played as hard as they could and gave me everything they had, and that’s all I can ever ask of them,” Foles said when asked about the generally shoddy protection he received in a 24-17 loss to the Titans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. “You go out there, you play together as an offense and you give it everything you have until the end — and they did that. So I’m proud of them for that.