Bears' defense eagerly seals Mitch Trubisky's victory through growing pains

The Bears won their first win of the year, but did not get many answers from quarterback Mitch Trubisky. For at least one night, however, it was great as the Bears' defense won a 24-17 win on Monday night at Soldier Field.

Trubisky was uneven, doing things well – especially on what was actually a decisive game at the end of the third quarter and early fourth quarter – but he made two interceptions and should have thrown another in third place. in the first half. Stripping Allen Robinson for his first pick in 2018 was a bad look and his "happy feet" came back too often.

It is clear that Trubisky is a work in progress, and Monday night he scored his 14th start in the NFL – after playing only 13 games at the University of North Carolina. Matt Nagy made good calls on Trubisky's two touchdown passes, exploiting an exhausted Seahawks defense while tailoring things to his quarterback.

But it's the Bears defense that won this victory. Led once again by a dominant Khalil Mack, the Bears held the Russell Wilson and Seahawks at three points in the first three quarters. Then, after Wilson dropped a perfect pass on Kyle Fuller to Tyler Lockett for a touchdown, the Bears reacted like they did not last week against Green Bay. yards for a touchdown, making his first interception since September 24, 2015.

Then Danny Trevathan, with a 14-point lead, beheaded Wilson, while Aaron Lynch recovered an emphatic night for this defense. The figures show a dominant night, of course, but more qualitatively, Vic Fangio's defense played a fierce and fast football during the four quarters, proving that it is a unit capable of committing a fault in construction in 2018.

The players discussed last week the need to maintain their effort and intensity at a high level during the four quarters after admitting their indulgence in the Sunday defeat against the Packers. There was no complacency against Seattle, as evidenced by Amukamara and Trevathan, who made huge turnovers in a tight game in the last half of the fourth quarter.

The Bears, winning, avoid a formidable start of 0-2 for the first time since 2014 (since 1978, teams that start 0-2 miss the playoffs just over 90% of the time).