Overreaction Monday: Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers

Chicago Bears Week 2 Overreaction No. 2: Luke Getsy is a one-dimensional offensive coordinator

Justin Fields threw 11 passes in a game where the Chicago Bears trailed from the second quarter on.

In the modern, pass-heavy NFL, the quarterback on the losing side of a divisional matchup on prime time only threw 11 passes; you’re reading that correctly.

Is Justin Fields the one to blame? No, it’s Luke Getsy.

While a lot of Bears fans seem to think Justin Fields is going to audible every play like it’s Madden, that’s not what young quarterbacks do when they’re trying to progress into a good quarterback.

Of the 41 offensive plays for the Chicago Bears, 11 of them were pass attempts. Yep, ~26.8% of plays called and executed were pass attempts.

That’s really tough to swallow, even if the running backs were having a good game on the stat sheet.

Clearly, running the ball didn’t work enough to get first downs, so at some point, there needs to be a change made.

And not only that, but a shotgun quarterback draw on 4th and goal in a two-score game? C’mon, Luke.

Clearly, I’m not in the headset or the coach’s meetings, so I’m not sure why that was the call played, but it was.

Not only was it called, but it was executed and unsuccessful– even if Twitter thinks the ball was in.

Obviously, if it worked, no one would bat an eye. Since it didn’t, however, everyone and their goldfish had an opinion on it.

And while this is an overreaction article, that’s one of the opinions I agree with. Sure, it could’ve worked, but why not go with a more likely play like a sneak up the middle?

Was Green Bay’s defensive front that scary that Luke Getsy and the Bears would’ve rather backed Fields up a few yards and run it up the middle than get inches behind 300-pound men and shove it into the end zone?

Apparently.