Overreaction Monday: Houston Texans at Chicago Bears
By Dakota Wayne
Chicago Bears Overreaction No. 3: Luke Getsy has no idea what he’s doing
The Chicago Bears clearly have a talented running back duo of David Montgomery and Khalil Herbert, however, with Monty being considered day-to-day, it puts more pressure on Luke Getsy and Justin Fields to start having success through the air.
The reason Luke Getsy’s performance is being overreacted to is that it’s been very conservative, almost to a fault, and one-dimensional.
The Bears sit at 2-1, but that’s not very indicative of how well the offensive unit has played, at least through the air.
Most thanks for the reason the Chicago Bears sit where they do is warranted to the defense and the run game.
In this game, the Bears got two turnovers, as well as held the Texans to 3-12 on third-down conversions. That’s a huge part of this win. Without forcing the Texans to give the ball back to the Bears’ offense nine times of 12 attempts, who knows if the Bears win this game?
And even with that, the Bears are only able to squeak away with a victory by the skin of their teeth.
It’s an age-old tale with the Chicago Bears: Stifling defense with a lackluster offense.
This time, “It’s Luke Getsy’s fault.”
It’s not as black and white as that statement, but there have certainly been some questionable decisions made in terms of play calling from Getsy in his first year as a play-caller.
Is it Matt Nagy bad? No, not even close. It needs work though, and it’s also on the players to learn his offense. There’s plenty of blame to go around.
Three times on third and long (more than five yards out), the Chicago Bears decided to run the ball. Once was a third and 10 in the first quarter, the second time was a third and 17 in the second quarter, and the final time was a third and 6 in the second quarter.
Now, it’s probably a good idea not to line up and pass each time it’s third and long — especially given what’s been seen by Justin Fields and the passing game — but the Bears had 40 rushing attempts to just 17 pass attempts in this game.
There’s a clear dimension to this offense, and if David Montgomery is out for a significant amount of time, Luke Getsy will have to break out the thinking cap because this offense needs it.
On the season, the Chicago Bears have rushed 104 times, while only having passed 45 times. And of those 45 passing attempts, 23 have been completed. After three weeks of football, this is the product.
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Unless this is an untapped way to be a dynasty, the Chicago Bears need to mix it up a little.
Overreaction out of mind, however, Luke Getsy isn’t that bad. He has times when he needs to “keep it simple, stupid,” but at least he’s not Matt Nagy. As mentioned earlier, it takes time. Offenses aren’t built overnight, especially with all the inexperience around the team.