Of course everyone wants to talk about Fields and the offense, but I think we owe the defense a lot of credit.
They have made exponential improvement since the beginning of the season. I remember watching the first few games this year and thinking to myself that I had never seen a Bears defense as terrible in my life. They really turned it around though. The pass rush is a night and day difference (the addition of sweat helps a lot) and they’ve made tremendous improvement on 3rd and 4th downs which they really struggled with earlier in the season.
They shined this game in particular, but they have honestly been playing very well the last few weeks. There’s still some things that need to be worked out, namely our pass coverage in the secondary, but they are really coming together as a unit. Most importantly, they do the #1 thing a defense needs to do: they put us in positions to win games. Very excited about the future of this unit, still wish we could have extended JJ though.
Bears fans might hate me for this but the improvement of the defense is probably the main reason why I think giving Eberflus another year wouldn’t be a bad idea. To boot, if you fire him in the offseason you risk having to implement a different scheme that requires different personnel.
At the very least he is a positive asset on one side of the ball. The wins have not come under Flus but there’s a glimmer of hope there imo. I think Flus is a similar coach to Todd Bowles in Tampa. Both are excellent defensive minds but need to improve at certain head coaching responsibilities like clock management, situational awareness, ect.
Of course everyone wants to talk about Fields and the offense, but I think we owe the defense a lot of credit.
They have made exponential improvement since the beginning of the season. I remember watching the first few games this year and thinking to myself that I had never seen a Bears defense as terrible in my life. They really turned it around though. The pass rush is a night and day difference (the addition of sweat helps a lot) and they’ve made tremendous improvement on 3rd and 4th downs which they really struggled with earlier in the season.
They shined this game in particular, but they have honestly been playing very well the last few weeks. There’s still some things that need to be worked out, namely our pass coverage in the secondary, but they are really coming together as a unit. Most importantly, they do the #1 thing a defense needs to do: they put us in positions to win games. Very excited about the future of this unit, still wish we could have extended JJ though.
Bears fans might hate me for this but the improvement of the defense is probably the main reason why I think giving Eberflus another year wouldn’t be a bad idea. To boot, if you fire him in the offseason you risk having to implement a different scheme that requires different personnel.
At the very least he is a positive asset on one side of the ball. The wins have not come under Flus but there’s a glimmer of hope there imo. I think Flus is a similar coach to Todd Bowles in Tampa. Both are excellent defensive minds but need to improve at certain head coaching responsibilities like clock management, situational awareness, ect.
You need an OC that is competent as well imo