Here is a little explanation of the Bears red-zone struggles

Thursday night's loss was very frustrating. What do you think was most to blame for the Bears failing to produce any points on three possessions that reached Washington's 5-yard line? Was it play-calling? Lack of protection? Execution?

I don't think it was play-calling or poor pass protection. I'd attribute it mostly to execution and a little to bad luck. Early in the game, Cole Kmet was open over the middle, but Justin Fields fired the ball into the helmet of a defensive lineman and the pass deflected high in the air and was intercepted. In the second quarter, Fields overthrew a wide-open Ryan Griffin on a well-designed play, where Fields faked a handoff up the middle and faked an end around before throwing to Griffin, who had released into the end zone after blocking on the play. Fields later threw on-target passes on the Bears' final two snaps of the game. But Dante Pettis was clearly interfered with and no flag was thrown, and Darnell Mooney bobbled a pass he lost in the lights before securing the ball inches short of the goal line on fourth down. Had Mooney caught the pass cleanly, it would have been a game-winning touchdown and the narrative would have been a whole lot different.