Bears' offense remains inconsistent in loss against Saints

At one point, Bears receiver Allen Robinson needed to take a walk. The frustrations of the Bears offense were on full display again in a 26-23 overtime loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at Soldier Field.

"When you're in the game things can be frustrating, especially when you're not moving the ball how you want to," Robinson said. "For me, I'm not getting up in people's faces and stuff like that. For me, I just took a walk to try to figure out if there was anything that I could do better."

The madness of the Bears offense was evident again.

The dull three-and-outs weren't the worst part. The worst part was the tantalizing four-play, 80-yard touchdown drive. This Bears offense gave fans enough of a taste, a glimpse, of what life could be.

There was the 50-yard completion from quarterback Nick Foles to rookie receiver Darnell Mooney. Foles capped the drive with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Robinson - who fully outstretched his hands to grab the score.

"They had a safety cut, deep cross, and I was able to get a deep ball down the middle to Mooney," Foles said. "And then they were in man coverage and A-Rob, we were able to connect on a great route and just tried to put the ball back to the middle and make a great play."

Those were two of Foles' best throws of the game, and two of his best throws in recent weeks. He gave his receivers a chance to make a play and they went up and made plays.

Catches like that are why Robinson is going to earn a potentially huge contract in the offseason.

But those sparks of brilliance are few and far between in this Bears offense. The rest of the game was a slog.

"It's hard for me to try to figure that thing out," Bears coach Matt Nagy said. "It's hard, because we're all trying. We talked about just cutting it loose, having fun, not playing tight and doing that. There were a lot of times in that game where we were doing it."

Receiver Anthony Miller had his best game since the Week 3 comeback against the Atlanta Falcons. Miller caught eight passes for 73 yards. None was bigger than the two catches he made in the Bears' final fourth-quarter drive to set up a Cairo Santos game-tying field goal.

Miller grabbed an 11-yard catch on a 4th-and-8 in Bears' territory, keeping the drive alive. His 15-yard catch on 3rd-and-18 brought the Bears back into field goal range.

Santos nailed a 51-yard field goal to send the game into overtime.

"The big thing is, just technically, we were able to execute it at the end of regulation and give ourselves the opportunity to push the game into overtime," Foles said. "Our special teams did a great job. Cairo did a great job."

Miller hadn't had a big game since catching the game-winning touchdown passes against the Falcons and against the Detroit Lions in Week 1.

Coupled with Darnell Mooney's five catches for 69 yards and a touchdown, the numbers say this wasn't a terrible offensive performance. Foles threw for 272 yards and two touchdowns on 28-for-41 passing. Running back David Montgomery rushed for 89 yards on 21 carries.

The eye test, though, still leaves some questions.

The Bears reached the red zone just twice. Then a Foles interception - following Javon Wims' fight with the Saints - sunk any momentum the Bears had in the third quarter.

"Sometimes it's tough and this is a tough one to lose," Foles said.