Chicago Bears vs Jacksonville Jaguars: Week 6 Keys to Victory:

3. Get Alshon Jeffery the ball

No, this is not a knee jerk reaction to the 4th down play last week. The fact of the matter is that Alshon Jeffery is the Bears’ best offensive player and he isn’t getting the ball nearly enough. Jeffery has 3 fewer receptions than both Eddie Royal and Zach Miller. Better yet, Jeffery still has fewer targets than Kevin White, and he’s been on IR for over a week now!

Yes, there are a number of factors that go into getting Jeffery the ball. First, he does draw a decent amount of double coverage. Second, the game plan likely does a fair amount of dictating where the ball goes. Third, Hoyer has to be looking for Jeffery and pull the trigger.

That requires a lot to go right on one play, but here are some counterpoints to what I mentioned above. First, even with double coverage, Jeffery can be open. I’m not here to advocate for Jay Cutler’s jump balls to Jeffery in double and triple coverage, but it does prove that Jeffery is more than capable of making plays despite double coverage. Second, it’s clear the offense game plan has done little to include Jeffery.

Think back to week 2 when Kevin White was being targeted almost twice as much as Jeffery, now imagine if the Bears tried to do that for their best player. Lastly, Hoyer needs to be more aware of the field. He has been relying on his first read far too often this year, and it’s often resulted in check downs over touchdowns. For the Bears to earn this key, Jeffery needs 125 yards and a touchdown.