Chicago Bears coaches and gamers spent Monday at Halas Corridor going over what went incorrect in Sunday night time’s 27-10 loss to the Inexperienced Bay Packers.
Right here’s what we heard from coach Matt Eberflus because the Bears prepare to show the web page to a Week 3 assembly with the Houston Texans.
1. Eberflus spoke with cornerback Kyler Gordon concerning the ebb and move he'll face in his rookie season.
Gordon, a second-round select of Washington, had some tough moments Sunday as Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers picked on him.
He was on the heart of a number of of the Packers’ greatest performs, beginning with Rodgers’ 14-yard cross to Sammy Watkins and 8-yard cross to Allen Lazard on their first drive. Whereas Gordon had a pleasant cross breakup ultimately zone in opposition to Lazard on that drive, Lazard beat Gordon on a 5-yard landing catch that put the Packers up 24-7 at halftime.
Watkins additionally bought behind Gordon and security Eddie Jackson on a 55-yard cross throughout the Packers’ game-sealing field-goal drive.
Eberflus stated he desires Gordon to check his errors this week and visualize what he would have performed in another way.
“It doesn’t matter in the event you’re coping with a man that’s Rookie of the 12 months or not, there’s going to be these issues,” Eberflus stated. “And what you inform them is: ‘Hey, take one expertise at a time and put it in your file. You must study from that. So return and have a look at all of the performs that you simply made, all of the performs that you simply need to appropriate after which put them in a file. And say, “What would I've performed?” And put these to reminiscence.’”
The Packers choosing on Gordon meant cornerback Jaylon Johnson had much less work. In keeping with NFL NextGen Stats, Johnson was not focused in protection as the closest defender for the second straight sport. He has gone 61 straight protection snaps with out being focused, courting to Week 18 in 2021, in keeping with the location.
2. Eberflus stated the sluggish begin for the Bears passing sport is ‘a priority.’
By two video games, quarterback Justin Fields has accomplished simply 15 of 28 passes for 191 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Eberflus stated the disparity between cross performs and run performs Sunday — 27 runs versus 11 cross makes an attempt and three sacks — was extra concerning the Bears going with what was working than different components.
Eleven of the Bears runs got here on their 89-yard fourth-quarter drive that ended with a failed fourth-down play from contained in the 1-yard line. The Packers had bother stopping David Montgomery and Khalil Herbert on that drive.
Eberflus additionally pointed to the implementation of a brand new offense — and never the Bears treating Fields conservatively, he stated — as enjoying a job within the sluggish begin. However he acknowledged the Bears are taking a look at all facets of the passing sport to discover a spark.
“Now we have to get stability,” Eberflus stated. “Luke (Getsy) is aware of that. Justin is aware of that. We all know that. So we’re going to create that.”
Among the many huge considerations is that prime extensive receiver Darnell Mooney has two catches for 4 yards and tight finish Cole Kmet hasn’t caught a cross within the first two weeks.
“Within the passing sport, let’s spotlight our ability,” Eberflus stated. “Let’s feed the fellows which have ability that may take a brief throw and switch it into a giant acquire, that may go downtown. And we've an excellent deep-ball thrower so we should always make the most of that too.
“And we’re going to take a look at all facets of that. We’ve bought nice coaches. They will work tirelessly to get that performed this week.”
3. The Bears look to wash up their run protection after permitting the Packers to hurry for 203 yards.
After Aaron Jones had 15 carries for 132 yards and a landing and A.J. Dillon had 18 carries for 61 yards, Eberflus spoke Sunday night time concerning the Bears cleansing up their tackling. It was an issue on among the Packers’ greatest run performs, together with Jones’ 36-yard carry within the third quarter.
Eberflus expanded Monday on what the Bears must do higher.
“You’re actually placing a cup on the ball, and our angles have to enhance,” Eberflus stated. “Our angles have been off. We have been overrunning slightly bit, after which they have been slicing again and getting some hidden yards.
“That occurred just a few occasions, and we've to enhance on that. The basic issues that we’ve been educating since Day 1, we simply need to maintain getting higher at these issues.”
Relating to the tackling issues, Eberflus stated in his expertise a group can flip it round fairly rapidly.
“It’s concerning the fundamentals of it, however extra importantly or as essential, it’s about dedication,” he stated. “It’s concerning the entrance seven actually committing to it, the linebackers and D-line and the secondary, about them committing to not giving up the large play within the working sport.”
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