The Bears have outscored opponents 50-18 in first quarters.

The only quarter in which they are being outscored (45-26) is the fourth.

This is a disturbing trend considering the Bears started the season out slow in the first quarter of games.

Now they can’t close out games in the fourth quarter.

They need to be able to capitalize on putting games away because the better teams will be able to take advantage of the Bears missed opportunities.

Luckily the veteran defense bailed the offense out on Sunday.

Jake Perper is the owner and head writer for Bearsbacker.com. He is also the Chicago Bears writer for NFLTouchdown.com. Follow him on Twitter, @Bearsbacker for up to the minute news about the Bears.