Opposing NFL coach to make an example out of Bears’ poor execution on Hail Mary

With the Chicago Bears gut-wrenching, head-scratching, and mind-blowing loss to the Washington Commanders taking the league by storm on Sunday evening, the team and their coaching staff is the talk of the NFL world for all the wrong reasons. After struggling for three straight quarters to do anything offensively, quarterback Caleb Williams led the Bears down to Washington's goal line twice in the fourth quarter with several chances to steal the game away.

Even after offensive linemen Doug Kramer Jr. fumbled the ball at the 1-yard line, the Bears were able to get back to the goal line and scored with a Roschon Johnson rushing touchdown. Late in the game, the Bears had a 15-12 lead with 17 seconds to go and then disaster struck.

Having just a few plays available to them with time winding down, Washington moved the ball into position to set themselves up for an eventual successful 52-yard Hail Mary game-winning touchdown from Jayden Daniels to wide receiver Noah Brown. A lot of the Monday morning headlines were about the actions around cornerback Tyrique Stevenson on the final play, but one NFL head coach is taking a different angle of the last play, and using it as a learning tool for his own team.

NFL Insider Dianna Russini of The Athletic reported that an anonymous head coach texted her to say that he will be using the game tape to show what not to do on Hail Mary defense.

“We will be showing film of that play to our team today to show what not to do," the head coach texted Russini.

While the Bears as a team deal with their own self-accountability and how to move forward after the loss, there are other coaches in the NFL who will use it as a lesson on how to not play defense on the Hail Mary. However, it's not just the last play with the Hail Mary, it's the second-to-last play where they allowed a 13-yard gain to Terry McLaurin with no resistance to put themselves in position to execute the game-winning touchdown.

This article originally appeared on Bears Wire: Opposing team to make example of Bears’ poor execution on Hail Mary