Matt Eberflus praising his offensive coordinator
The Bears' offense has been playing so much better in the past few weeks. Well, here is what Larry Mayer reported on what Matt Eberflus mentioned about his OC Luke Getsy.
Eberflus liked the creativity that offensive coordinator Luke Getsy and his assistants displayed.
On the Bears' second possession, six different players either ran the ball or caught passes: Fields, running backs David Montgomery and Khalil Herbert, receivers Darnell Mooney and Chase Claypool and tight end Cole Kmet.
The offense converted 4-of-4 third downs on the 15-play, 75-yard drive that was capped by Fields' 18-yard TD pass to Kmet early in the second quarter.
Getsy employed Kmet in a variety of ways on the possession. On third-and-1 from the Bears' 34, the 6-6, 260-pounder went in motion, ducked under center, took the snap and powered forward for a 1-yard gain and a first down. On the previous play, Kmet had gained eight yards on a jet sweep.
"I think that's really a credit to Luke, for sure, no question," Eberflus said. "But he has his staff, too, that put together those first 15 [plays] and those really creative plays they put together. They're going to keep building upon that.
"Those things are really good when you can give guys different jet sweeps. You can give one to a certain player and a different player, and that keeps guys off balance. As a defensive guy, you don't know when the guy goes in motion, is he going to accept the jet sweep or is he simply going to go in motion, or is it going to be a jet motion and a handoff?
"I think those creative ways are really good at stretching the width of the field, certainly on those plays, and those things open up things on the inside, too, in the play-action pass game. I think those are all really good things."
On the Bears' second possession, six different players either ran the ball or caught passes: Fields, running backs David Montgomery and Khalil Herbert, receivers Darnell Mooney and Chase Claypool and tight end Cole Kmet.
The offense converted 4-of-4 third downs on the 15-play, 75-yard drive that was capped by Fields' 18-yard TD pass to Kmet early in the second quarter.
Getsy employed Kmet in a variety of ways on the possession. On third-and-1 from the Bears' 34, the 6-6, 260-pounder went in motion, ducked under center, took the snap and powered forward for a 1-yard gain and a first down. On the previous play, Kmet had gained eight yards on a jet sweep.
"I think that's really a credit to Luke, for sure, no question," Eberflus said. "But he has his staff, too, that put together those first 15 [plays] and those really creative plays they put together. They're going to keep building upon that.
"Those things are really good when you can give guys different jet sweeps. You can give one to a certain player and a different player, and that keeps guys off balance. As a defensive guy, you don't know when the guy goes in motion, is he going to accept the jet sweep or is he simply going to go in motion, or is it going to be a jet motion and a handoff?
"I think those creative ways are really good at stretching the width of the field, certainly on those plays, and those things open up things on the inside, too, in the play-action pass game. I think those are all really good things."
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