The Chicago Bears nonetheless have been in analysis mode Monday after their rain-drenched 19-10 upset towards the San Francisco 49ers, with coaches poring over movie and handing out grades for what went proper and flawed.
But Bears linebacker Roquan Smith is aware of what’s forward.
It’s Green Bay Packers week, and in an intriguing improvement, the Packers didn’t play effectively in Week 1.
The Minnesota Vikings beat them 23-7 in Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell’s debut. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw for 195 yards with no touchdowns, an interception and a misplaced fumble whereas enjoying with a younger group of vast receivers. And he was sacked 4 instances behind an offensive line lacking David Bakhtiari and Elgton Jenkins.
Now the Bears — coming off a victory that shocked many outsiders if not the coaches and gamers — draw Rodgers on Sunday night time at Lambeau Field in Week 2.
“(Rodgers) is obviously one of the greatest to ever play the game, and you know as a competitor I love going against people like that,” Smith stated. “I’m sure he will be a little bit pissed off after this last game. Hey, you wouldn’t want it any other way. Get the best version of him and then we get the (win), and it will be even sweeter.”
Smith has been across the Bears-Packers rivalry for 4 seasons, however this would be the first expertise for Bears coach Matt Eberflus.
True to his type over the previous few months, Eberflus didn’t chew on questions on Bears followers’ hate-hate relationship with Rodgers and the Bears lagging within the rivalry in recent times.
“We’re taking this one game at a time, so I know that’s coach cliche but we’re going to focus on us,” Eberflus stated. “This is going to be about our football team, about how we operate, how we play and what we do. And we’re going to take that approach every week.”
Eberflus was a lot keener to speak about what the Bears are doing to raised themselves after a efficiency wherein they trailed the 49ers 7-0 at halftime. He was up at 5 a.m. Monday — his standard wakeup name — to prepare for what vast receiver Byron Pringle referred to as “cleanup day,” when gamers and coaches evaluate missed assignments and the way they will make performs higher.
Coaches spend Sunday night time and Monday morning each play and dealing on grades earlier than the 11 a.m. workforce assembly to allow them to go over fundamentals comparable to tackling and blocking.
“When the guy tackles, is he getting all the way up to the runner, hitting with the proper pad level, wrapping and running his feet three hard steps, pulling in the hamstrings and then finishing the tackle?” Eberflus stated. “Well, we noticed a few these yesterday however we didn’t see sufficient. There was some lunging happening. So now we have to enhance that, and that’s typical of the primary recreation.
“It’s like guys finishing blocks, when you finish blocks on the back side. A great example of that would have been (Equanimeous St. Brown) on the touchdown with Dante Pettis, he finished that block. He came all the way across the field and finished and it was legal.”
Eberflus stated the assembly included participant awards for the 49ers recreation. The evaluations additionally included the dreaded loafs, the workers’s measurement for not hustling.
Smith stated he “of course” had a number of.
“Loafs is crazy,” Smith stated. “Definitely tough grades on the loaf, but, hey, it’s ball. It’s how they view it, how they see things. You just have to respect it and bust your tail and try to prevent those.”
Eberflus stated he desires gamers to purpose for the 90% membership — one loaf for each 10 performs — and he plans at hand out awards on the finish of the season to those that end in that vary.
“It’s hard to get into,” Eberflus stated. “The last place I was at (Indianapolis), we had three or four guys that make the club every single year, so it’s not very many.”
The focus will shift to the Packers when the Bears observe Wednesday, and maybe then Eberflus will probably be able to anticipate the rivalry. It hasn’t been pleasant to the Bears in recent times with 11 losses within the final 12 conferences.
Even if the Packers offense nonetheless is discovering its footing, it’s more likely to be an even bigger check for the Bears protection after enjoying in driving rain towards a 49ers offense led by inexperienced quarterback Trey Lance and with out star tight finish George Kittle.
Smith is prepared for that problem.
“Obviously you hate losing, but like I said in the past, that’s the past,” Smith stated. “So I’m more so focused on the future and this game here ‘cause that’s all that matters. This game here matters more than any other game we’ve played against those guys ‘cause it’s the next one. … Just got to go out and stick it to them this week.”
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