LOS ANGELES _ The Bears' 17-7 loss to the Rams on Sunday night at the Los Angeles Coliseum was filled with misses.
Missed kicks. Missed catches. Missed throws. And one big missed opportunity by the Bears (4-6) to build a winning streak and keep a glimmer of a playoff hope alive.
It started with Bears kicker Eddy Pineiro, who missed both of his field goal attempts in the first quarter. He missed a 48-yarder wide left and a 47-yarder wide right as he dropped to 12-for-17 for the season. He has missed four of his last seven field goal attempts.
The Bears defense had two first-half takeaways _ a forced fumble by Eddie Jackson and an interception by Roquan Smith. But the offense couldn't capitalize on either, and the Bears went into the locker room trailing 10-0.
The Bears scored on their first drive of the third quarter as quarterback Mitch Trubisky tossed a 14-yard touchdown to Tarik Cohen. But they couldn't get beyond their own 36-yard line on their next four drives, plagued by missed throws by Trubisky, drops by receivers and what looked to be miscommunications among both.
Trubisky completed 24 of 43 passes for 190 yards, one touchdown and one interception before coach Matt Nagy replaced him with backup Chase Daniel with just more than 3 minutes to play. The Bears tweeted shortly thereafter that Trubisky was sidelined by a hip injury.
The Bears defense dominated through much of the second half, but the Rams put it out of reach with 3 minutes, 35 seconds to play on Malcolm Brown's 5-yard touchdown run. Rams quarterback Jared Goff had found tight end Gerald Everett for a 20-yard pass on the play before the touchdown.
