While Carson Wentz and the extremely injured Philadelphia Eagles continue to lose players and games, Nick Foles and the Chicago Bears are 5-1, good for first place in the NFC North and the second best record in the NFC.
After Sunday's rather ugly 23-16 win over the Panthers, Foles — presumably — was dealing with Chicago media asking about his teams' weaknesses and Foles went off, giving a legendary answer.
"Now, we're not going to get complacent and say, 'Hey man, we're 5-1, this is it. No!" Foles said of his 5-1 Bears. "We're sitting there in the locker room after the game talking through it. 'Hey, we gotta be better here, communication here, route running here, hey we gotta be able to run the ball here.' We know that! I know ya'll are going to ask those questions, we know that. And that's what's exciting because we don't have to have ya'll saying, 'Hey, you doing this...' We know! But we also know that we're going to improve because we believe in one another and that's what great teams do. Great teams find a way to win a game. Bad teams win with prettiness. Great teams win no matter how it takes.
"So, I'm proud of our guys. I think we're continuing to improve. Are we where we want to be? No we're not where we want to be. But I'm excited about our offense. I'm excited about the guys that are there. I like the communication that's happening on the sideline, I love the passion of the players. Most importantly, they care and we're bonding. We're getting to know each other. That's football! You gotta care about the man next to you to make those plays."
This interview from Nick Foles after the game 😳 pic.twitter.com/Z9Pmm6JBPu
— Bears Film Room (@BearsFilmRoom) October 19, 2020
Wow.
Foles was 23-39 for 198 yards, 1 passing TD, 1 INT, and 1 rushing TD in the low scoring win over Carolina. Since taking over as the Bears' starting QB in Week 3, Foles is 3-1 completing 62.5% of his passes with 878 yards, 6 TDs, and 4 INTs.
