In his head-coaching debut, Bears head coach Ben Johnson saw his offense fizzle after a fast start, and his defense blow a fourth-quarter lead. He pointed the finger at himself afterward.
“Obviously a disappointing way to start the season,” Johnson said. “To have a 17-6 lead and then see it go the way it did there in the fourth quarter — we said going in to Week One that the team that made the least number of mistakes would win the game, and unfortunately we were on the wrong side of that. We made too many there late in the game, myself included. There were a number of things that I could have done better, a number of things that a number of guys could have done better. When you look down at the stat sheet and see 12 penalties, that’s got to get cleaned up in a hurry, and yet we’ve been s