Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus met with reporters Monday at Halas Hall to assessment the 28-13 victory over the Detroit Lions at Soldier Field.
Here are three issues we realized because the Bears prepare to show the web page to Sunday’s sport in opposition to the Cleveland Browns.
1. Matt Eberflus mentioned he’s ‘very active’ about ensuring officers control potential harmful hits in opposition to quarterback Justin Fields.
Eberflus mentioned he noticed hits on Fields within the Nov. 19 sport in opposition to the Lions that crossed the road. In Sunday’s sport, he mentioned he wasn’t glad about linebacker Jack Campbell’s late hit on Fields when the quarterback slid following a 1-yard run on the primary play of the sport. Campbell slid his physique over Fields’ head after Fields went down.
“I’m always in their ear about that because protecting the quarterbacks in this league is big,” Eberflus mentioned. “Those guys are the league, so it’s important that we do that and we continue to do that. If you have a guy that’s a runner and he slides down like that, we’ve got to protect him.”
Eberflus mentioned he would ship a few the questionable hits into the league. Bears security Jaquan Brisker mentioned the NFL “needs to get on that” and went as far as to say different groups are attempting to knock Fields from the sport.
“If it was us, they’ll be throwing (a flag),” Brisker mentioned. “It wouldn’t be a response, they’d simply throw it. I believe they need to simply deal with him honest. He is a quarterback. And I do know he’s 230 (kilos), and he’s operating a 4.3, but it surely doesn’t actually matter. He’s nonetheless a quarterback, and now we have to guard him. It’s disappointing.
“Obviously the other team is being told to do dirty stuff. ‘After the play, hit him like this, a certain way.’ It’s obviously been told by the way he’s been treated the last couple weeks. A lot of shots to the head. It is very disappointing seeing a guy like that get hit and take hits like that, and one of those hits — God forbid — could be something very bad.”
2. Eberflus mentioned Bears coaches counted 18 tackles for Jaquan Brisker on Sunday, not the 17 within the stats guide.
Either manner, Brisker had essentially the most tackles by a Bears defensive again because the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, in response to the Bears. He had 13 solo tackles, two passes defended and a pressured fumble.
After re-watching the movie, Eberflus mentioned Brisker’s “instincts and passion really showed up” within the sport.
“He was beating guys to the punch,” Eberflus mentioned. “I love his aggressiveness. He was dropping in from the higher part of the field to be in single high or just coming down from a shell, whatever shell coverage we’re playing, and being able to react to the run that way. … He’s an aggressive guy. He does a really good job tackling. His instincts are elite.”
Eberflus referred to as Brisker “a ball of energy” on and off the sphere, noting he can really feel it when Brisker stands subsequent to him in the course of the nationwide anthem and so they lock arms. He mentioned Brisker brings that infectious power to his on a regular basis work, usually texting the coach to inform him, “Put a couple pressures in for me” or “Make sure I’m part of the game plan.”
“Brisker loves ball. He is ball. Like, everything about him,” middle Lucas Patrick mentioned. “And he gets the impact plays that ballplayers get. When somebody does that and they step out and have a game like he did and brings it every play, brings it in practice, you can’t not respect him. I know he’s a second-year player and people can say, what? But like, he does not act like a second-year player. He’s earned the respect of us and he’s tougher than nails.”
3. Eberflus and middle Lucas Patrick spoke of rising confidence amongst Bears gamers.
For many Bears gamers, the crew — which final received back-to-back video games in 2021 — is on its first two-game profitable streak since they arrived in Chicago. And that has fostered a lighter environment at Halas Hall.
“We were talking yesterday after the game, this is probably the best week I’ve seen (in) this locker room in a long time,” Patrick mentioned. “You could just tell that there was a confidence and like a calm confidence. The other cool part is there’s a lot of across-the-locker-room talk. … It’s just fun when we’re walking around and you can see guys mingling. This team is pretty close right now. You kind of build over the season and relationships build. But it’s a credit to the importance (Eberflus) has put on that since the spring.”
Eberflus echoed that seeing their progress repay has helped construct confidence because the Bears put together to face an 8-5 Browns crew that might threaten the streak.
“The guys are upbeat and they’ve always been that way,” he mentioned. “But you can certainly feel the confidence growing as we start stacking these wins.”
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Source: www.bostonherald.com