Chicago Bears offensive assistants spoke to the media Tuesday for the primary time this offseason after the second day of organized workforce actions at Halas Hall.
Here are 4 issues we heard as the brand new coaches proceed to get to know their gamers.
1. Quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko has been impressed with the work Justin Fields is doing on his personal.
Janocko bought to know Fields a bit of bit by the 2021 predraft course of on Zoom, when Janocko was in his seventh season with the Minnesota Vikings and first as quarterbacks coach.
Janocko stated his impressions then about Fields’ demeanor, work ethic and successful mentality have been confirmed by the primary few months of working with him. Janocko stated he can inform Fields has put within the preparation and thinks he’s forward of tempo in his studying because the Bears construct a brand new offense.
“There’s nobody that’s going to outwork him that’s in this building — coach, player — he’s going to be the hardest worker,” Janocko stated. “That’s one thing that, coming in right here, I had hoped for. It was undoubtedly one thing that was enforced from the minute he and I first bought collectively.
“The fact he can come in and spit out a play call means that last night he was sitting at home probably in (front of) the mirror talking that play out. Different offenses have different ways of communicating things, and the fact he’s picked up on some of our language quickly and that he can spit it right back at you without stuttering, without having to think about it or process, that it all just clicks in his head. That’s a mental aspect that takes time to develop and that takes effort away from the building.”
In their restricted work on the sphere, Janocko stated Fields’ pace has clearly stood out, however so has his capability to use teaching in practices.
“The way he feels in the pocket and how he’s adapted to the training,” Janocko stated. “He’s such a natural athlete that you can say it to him once or you can demonstrate it … (and) he can just take to that training and apply it to a drill and then take it to a team period.”
Janocko addressed a number of areas of Fields’ on-field work:
- Ball-security drills: “That’s Coach Flus. That comes from the top down of the organization.”
- Adjusting his footwork: “Everything is about timing and rhythm in the NFL. If you can get the ball out on time and you can listen to what your feet are telling you, then that helps you progress, helps you get through reads, helps you feel a defense and tells you when you’re late and need to move on.”
- His throwing movement: “We’re always just trying to be efficient and compact. … Everything starts with our feet and building it from the ground up. And then from there just being compact and allowing him to have the best release possible from the ground up, from the waist up, with his base and all that. We’re always working on different things like that.”
2. Wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert stated they’ve put so much on rookie Velus Jones’ plate off the bat.
Jones, the Bears’ third-round select of Tennessee, already has impressed coaches together with his maturity and starvation to get higher. Tolbert and offensive coordinator Luke Getsy famous the whiteboard Jones carries round to take notes and draw performs.
And Jones, the speedster who is also within the combine as a returner, apparently goes to want that focus for all of the Bears are asking of him.
“We’ve thrown him into the fire pretty quick, put him at two positions immediately,” Tolbert stated. “Get him to learn it now because we want him to learn the whole concept, but specifically, a couple of positions to get him going. The more he can do, the more obviously he’ll have a chance to play. So we’re going to throw it all at him and see what he soaks in and hopefully he’ll get out there and make some plays for us.”
3. David Montgomery is finding out movie of gamers with comparable kinds to see the place he could make enhancements.
Running backs coach David Walker stated the Bears have been wanting across the league for gamers for Montgomery to review as he appears to be like to construct on a 3rd season wherein he had 225 carries for 849 yards and 7 touchdowns and 42 catches for 301 yards in 13 video games.
His research have included Indianapolis Colts All-Pro operating again Jonathan Taylor. Walker acknowledged Montgomery doesn’t have the 40-yard sprint pace of Taylor, who averaged 106.5 dashing years per recreation final season, however Walker sees some similarities of their kinds they will draw from.
“David has the opportunity to be as good as anybody in this league,” Walker stated. “He has the talent set. He has the mindset. He’s going to get his alternatives. Quickness, verify. Vision, verify. Power, verify. He’s bought all these issues.
“(We) find guys that are similar that have success and have your type of skill set and (ask) why are they successful and are there things that they do that we can incorporate into our game.”
4. Janocko and offensive coordinator Luke Getsy labored collectively greater than a decade in the past when Janocko nonetheless was enjoying.
Janocko was a third-string quarterback at Pittsburgh in 2010, when Getsy was a graduate assistant. Janocko tried to discover a method to contribute to the workforce, so he tailed Getsy.
Janocko is worked up to proceed his help of Getsy with the Bears.
“He’s a heck of a leader,” Janocko stated. “He’s really smart. He’s a good person, somebody that you’re drawn to. Some people draw to Luke because he cares about the people around him and he has a whole bunch of knowledge. He’s been to a bunch of different places around great people, so that’s who you want to surround yourself with.”
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Source: www.bostonherald.com