Do we as a fan base know 100% for sure no one in the entire Bears organization has never sat down with JF to go over film, work on reads, work on progressions, work on footwork, work on release? Justin said publicly that Getsy and him went over the playbook to remove plays he did not like, he wanted the playbook smaller so he didn’t have to think and he could just play free.
I read this all the time and hear the talking heads say the org failed him… what am I missing that the coaches are not doing? I cannot imagine they’re not working with him. Is the thought he just hangs out by himself every practice and no one helps him or coaches him. Or is it simply that Getsy should call designed Qb run, roll out, move the pocket, and no more than 2 read throws? He is a professional qb and should be able to run a competent offense. Which team said they knew exactly what the bears would run… is that on Getsy or is that on Fields not being able to run a full offense. It was Fields that asked for less…
Genuinely curious for those that blame coaches for JF1 lack of success.
Have the o-line be more discipline. Over the past couple years, drive have been stopped dead in there tracks by penalties. Guys are false starting or holding and that might wipe out a 3rd and 4 conversion and force us into a 3rd and 14. That is a coaching issue.
Come up with a scheme that allows our sub par o-line to pass block. It’s really hard to play QB when your o-line can’t hold their ground. The rookie and tevin both being in the left side will help a lot, but then our right side is gonna be trash.
Figure out ways to take shots downfield. Again, if you can’t hold a block and are getting a bunch of penalties it’s hard to throw downfield, but that is Justin’s strength and we need to figure out a way to take advantage of that. Our backup QB can dink and dunk down the field, but that’s not gonna win a lot of games in the long run. We can’t rely on calling 12 screens a game to get us down field. Take the top off the defense and make big plays.
Get the ball to our playmakers. They started doing this in that two week stretch when we were force feeding it to Moore and using Kmet when we get close to the end zone. But before that, it’s like we forgot that those guys can actually catch passes. Some of those were misses on Justin’s part, but they needed to keep with it, and when they did, it worked.
Run him more. Nuff said.
Get creative with the play calling. Use motion to confuse the defense or force them to show their hand. Have a diverse set of plays to call. I’m sure everyone remembers us calling three screens in a row when we were backed up to our own goal line and that caused a pick 6. Well if you call the same call out of the same formation 3 time in a row, the defense will know what’s coming. Use Mooneys speed by putting him in motion before the snap and get him downfield.
Those are just a few reasons that don’t have a whole lot to do with Justin, just coaches not being able to coach proper technique, being unimaginative, or not calling plays to our players strengths.