Bears coaches extremely impressed with rookie RB performance!
The first rookie class of Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles was on display for the first time on Saturday, and they did not disappoint. Second-round cornerback Kyler Gordon didn't play, but several other rookies, including running back Trestan Ebner, put on a show in their respective NFL debuts.
Ebner was truly sensational during his first game as a Bear.
Ebner had the biggest play on offense in the third quarter with a 27-yard run.
Interestingly, OC Luke Getsy was more impressed with how the rookie RB finished the play than the move he made to break loose. After faking out cornerback Jaylen Watson with a great "ankle break" cut-back, Ebner lowered his shoulder into another CB before getting tackled.
"It was an impressive cut," Getsy said. "But I just think when you have one of these young kids, you're on that sideline and there's a guy and you can run out of bounds. [But] the way he put his foot in the ground and got us five more yards, that's the mentality that we're trying to build here. That's one of those philosophical plays that we'll put up in the offensive unit room."
Ebner started Saturday's game with a 34-yard kickoff return and led the Bears in rushing with 31 yards on six carries.
"The poise and the 'it's not too big for him' showed up," Getsy said. "He had the impressive kickoff return and then a couple of those runs. I just loved the way he finished those runs."
Ebner also nearly broke a second long run later in the game.
"He's got to clean up his reads," Getsy said. "He bounced the one and it paid off, and the next one he was just anticipating the same thing happening and the linebacker beat him to it. If he had kept it nice and tight inside that's where the youth came in, the experience. He could have had two big ones, but I loved the way he finished each run, I really did."
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