Chicago Bears basic supervisor Ryan Poles landed on a key phrase Monday: end.
That’s what Poles wish to see his staff do higher after a 2-4 begin characterised the final three weeks by video games that slipped away late. The Bears squandered fourth-quarter leads in losses to the Washington Commanders and Minnesota Vikings and couldn’t fairly recover from the hump within the fourth quarter towards the New York Giants to start the month.
Thus they went into Monday night time’s conflict with the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium with lots to show and with Poles believing he is aware of how this group can flip a nook in its means to complete.
“It’s detail in their work,” Poles stated. “Just being very specific, it’s being exactly where you’re supposed to be. (It’s) your technique. I know Coach (Matt Eberflus) is big on technique. That’s one thing they hammered this week. I believe in that too, just from my time playing. If you can dial in on technique, all the other little stuff comes after that.”
Poles met with reporters for a bit greater than 10 minutes, lengthy sufficient to offer an outline of the place he thinks the Bears are and the place they should go. Naturally, loads of the dialog revolved round quarterback Justin Fields and his path to progress.
Here are highlights from that session.
On his big-picture evaluation of the place the Bears are after the primary six video games:
“Clearly, Matt and I are on the identical web page when it comes to competing to win video games. We’ve come up brief a couple of instances, and to us that’s a bit bit of getting a younger staff that should learn to end within the purple zone and win video games and do the issues we’re hoping to do. What I used to be actually inspired about was how we dealt with this mini-bye. And no matter your document, the flexibility to look within the mirror and see what did we do nicely, what did we not do nicely, what have we struggled with after which assault these issues (is vital).
“Our coaches met with the players. We met with the coordinators and just talked about that exactly. And then what’s the plan to improve and take the next step? The work that was put in this week was incredible, making some adjustments to get guys in positions to be successful and do better and hopefully win some games.”
On Justin Fields’ development:
“I know Justin has been a big topic with his development. And we’re encouraged with the progress that is there. I know it’s not in the statistics and on the paper all the time, but he is getting better in a lot of different areas. As a whole we’ve got to continue to play better around him as well to allow him to keep playing well and get his confidence going to execute at a high level.”
On what he wish to see Fields present over the ultimate two-plus months to exhibit progress:
“(It’s) a few different things. How is he being used? Are we putting him in the position where he can be successful? And then it’s the execution and the details of what he’s being asked to do and really speeding up to the game and making decisions quicker. Again, the beautiful thing about football, it’s reliant on everybody else. As a whole we have to improve. And I think we’ll see that when everyone starts to get better, then we’ll start to ascend.”
On the potential for being lively earlier than the commerce deadline so as to add pass-catching assist for the offense:
“Regardless we’re always going to be active in terms of whether it’s making phone calls or picking up the phone and just seeing if that is something that can improve our team and it makes sense for us — not only for now. Because I’ve always talked about this. It’s about sustaining success for a long period of time. It’s not the short fix all the time. Just blending that together is tough because it takes a lot of discipline to do. So that’s what we’re balancing.”
On the place the staff has fallen brief by the primary six video games:
“I knew we were going to be a young team. But it’s really just executing at a higher level and guys making plays. Finishing. Those types of things. Also, we know that it’s a new scheme for a lot of different people. Even with Justin, this is his first year with us. He doesn’t have many starts as it is. It’s just continuing to grow and seeing guys mature within the game. That’s what we need to speed up.”
On particular issues he has seen from Fields that inspired him:
“With young players you’re looking for the flashes. And he has shown the flashes of getting the ball out on time, being accurate. Some of the deep shots — like even the one to (Dante) Pettis (against the Commanders) was incredible. So it’s continuing to do those things. That’s what we’re looking for.”
On the continuing criticism from outdoors that he didn’t do sufficient within the offseason to enhance the offensive line and receiving corps to correctly assist Fields:
“We’re still able to evaluate everybody in our current situation. I’m convicted with the things that we did do this offseason and in the draft. And we’ll continue to chip away. Like I’ve said, everything we’re going to do or are doing is to sustain success over a long period of time. Within that, I think we can still evaluate our players — from the quarterback to guys on defense and all the positions.”
On the efficiency up to now of rookie defensive backs Kyle Gordon and Jaquan Brisker:
“Kyler’s getting higher each single week. I assumed the final sport was in all probability his finest sport to date. We put quite a bit on his plate enjoying inside and outdoors, and that takes loads of psychological toughness. Especially enjoying DB on this league, it’s a grind. There’s loads of area to cowl, so he’s doing good and can proceed to enhance. I really imagine in that.
“And then Brisker’s been doing a good job too. I’ve been expecting him to make some plays on the ball and I think that’s going to come as well. But his ability to tackle and come in and fill and help our defense become physical, I think he’s done a good job.”
On the place he sees indicators of the staff he needs to construct long run:
“For the age of our team, there have been a lot of games where we’re knocking on the door to win games. The next step is learning how to finish. And you all know this from watching on Sundays. There are teams where, once they learn how to find a way to win, there are teams that know how to come back from deficits. There are characteristics of (winning) teams. Finishing is one of those things. We really need to take that next step. But we’re on the doorstep.”
On his analysis of coach Matt Eberflus:
“He’s incredible. Again, his ability to self-assess over this last week and get the staff together and keep the team jelled together (has been good). That’s what you worry about with any team is when you lose, you don’t want things to fracture, and this team is tighter than it’s ever been. (It’s about) believing in each other and finding ways to win games moving forward.”
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