The Eagles were supposed to lean on their defense while the offense caught up. Instead, the defense got exposed too.
On Monday night at Soldier Field, Chicago put together a 27-7 beatdown of Vic Fangio’s unit, and it came with an emergency quarterback at the controls. Case Keenum, a 38-year-old third-stringer who hadn’t taken a snap since 2023, carved up the Eagles anyway. He finished 24-for-34 for 247 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions, giving the Bears exactly the kind of clean, efficient night that left Philadelphia with no answers.
Jonathan Greenard, making his first appearance as an Eagle, didn’t sugarcoat it afterward.
“We’ve just gotta be better in all of the aspects,” Greenard said. “In the run game, pass game, everything.”
The Bears didn’t just move the ball - they controlled the terms of the game. Ben Johnson’s play-calling kept Fangio’s defense guessing with shifting formations, motion and a steady mix of run and pass.
Chicago varied the tempo, spread the field and kept finding space. Keenum’s quick release and accuracy made the whole thing look easy.
Greenard said the Bears had the Eagles chasing all night.
“Get the ball out quick, stick to their run game, and try to mix up a lot,” Greenard said. “They had tons of toss, crack, reverses, stretch, you know, wham.
They threw the whole book at us, but it was just a well executed game plan. We didn't get enough negative plays to get them off track, so they were on rhythm pretty much the entire night.
“And it just can't happen. We know that.
We know what the standard is, we know we got to be better, and we will be better, so I'm not worried. We can go look at his tape and clean up and all.
The tape and clean up in all aspects. So everybody understands it, and we're just ready to take on that challenge next week.”
It was a rough night in every phase for Philadelphia’s defense. The Eagles have now gone three games without forcing a turnover, a first in franchise history.
Their pass rush has only produced two sacks in three games, and none came Monday night. They’ve also allowed four rushing touchdowns and four receiving touchdowns through three games, a mark matched only once before since 1973.
The tackling, though, may have stood out most. Greenard called it a basic problem, but one that kept adding up into bigger gains for Chicago.
“Fundamentals,” Greenard said. “Wrapping up and driving the legs.
They had a lot of leaky yardage. We made contact in that game (and they’d get) an extra three or four yards.
It changes the game. You go from potentially 2nd-and-8 to 2nd-and-6, those two yards matter.
We know that. We just got to be better overall.”
Jihaad Campbell echoed the frustration, pointing to the need to create takeaways.
“We gotta do a better job of forcing more takeaways,” Jihaad Campbell said. “We work at it in practice every day, and we're gonna continue to work at it and then at some point, it's gonna go our way. So we just gotta stay patient, it's gonna happen.”
The final score told the story, but the numbers behind it were even harsher. The 27 points were the most the Eagles had allowed in their last 15 games, dating back to the 34-17 loss to the Giants last October, and the fifth-most they’ve given up in 42 games under Fangio.
Last year, Chicago had bullied Philadelphia on the ground. This time, the Bears beat the Eagles through the air instead, and they did it with a quarterback who had won four of 12 starts since 2019.
For the Eagles, that’s the part that stings most: the opponent didn’t need a star to shred them. They just needed execution, and the Bears had plenty of it.
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