When the Chicago Bears took the follow discipline Wednesday at Halas Hall to organize for Sunday’s highway recreation towards the Atlanta Falcons, rookie Trestan Ebner was their prime working again choice.
The Bears positioned prime rusher Khalil Herbert on injured reserve Tuesday with a hip damage that knocked him out of the Week 10 recreation towards the Detroit Lions. And David Montgomery missed follow Wednesday for private causes.
Those developments put a highlight — and perhaps a little bit of stress — on Ebner, a sixth-round draft select of Baylor.
“It’s a little nerve-racking because you want to get in and execute,” Ebner stated. “You know what the running game means to this offense, so I don’t want to let anybody down, any of my teammates down. I like making my fellow running backs proud.”
Coach Matt Eberflus stated the Bears count on Herbert again this season however didn’t specify a timeline. Herbert should sit out a minimum of 4 video games. The 2021 sixth-rounder rushed for 643 yards and 4 touchdowns on 108 carries within the first 10 video games.
Without him, the Bears determine to rely closely on Montgomery, who has 115 carries for 434 yards and two touchdowns and 15 catches for 150 yards.
But Ebner, whom Eberflus praised for his velocity, imaginative and prescient and talent to chop again, may see his workload go up.
He has 18 carries for 46 yards and two catches for 8 yards, nearly all of his work coming in Weeks 3 and 4 when Montgomery was harm.
“The biggest thing with (Ebner) is learning our plays, the motion shifts, because our plays are wordy,” Bears quarterback Justin Fields stated. “So digesting that as a rookie. And in safety, too, understanding the place he has to go if we get 4 weak, 4 to a facet. Just understanding his job.
“He has grown since Week 1 or from even the preseason to now. He’s an explosive running back, he’s great with his hands. So I’m excited to see what he does this week.”
Ebner has acquired important work on particular groups, together with as a kick returner, and that has sophisticated his studying course of on offense.
“It’s a little tricky,” he stated, “simply because I’m going to all of the particular groups conferences and I get to our working again conferences plenty of occasions and it’s Khalil and D-Mo getting coached up on issues after which doing the movie.
“Now that I’m in this position, it’s those little details that make the difference. I’ve got to tune back into those and remember all those because that can make a difference in the game — making a good play or messing up a play.”
Ebner stated he additionally will embrace roles in move catching and blocking.
“(Blocking) is a big role because with Justin, you can be pass blocking and then soon you turn into a run blocker,” Ebner stated. “So you want to fight even more to stay on your block because that can be a 60-yard play just waiting to happen. So it’s really important with him.”
In different roster information, the Bears signed defensive finish Taco Charlton off the New Orleans Saints follow squad.
Eberflus was with the Dallas Cowboys once they drafted Charlton within the first spherical out of Michigan in 2017, and Charlton was in Kansas City in 2020 when Bears common supervisor Ryan Poles labored within the Chiefs entrance workplace.
“We know the man,” Eberflus stated. “Good production up to a certain point. … We’re excited to see where it can go. He’s going to be in there for depth for us, a rotational player … and we’ll see where it goes from there.”
Since leaving the Cowboys after two seasons, Charlton has performed for the Miami Dolphins, Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers. He has 11½ profession sacks, 22 quarterback hits, 12 tackles for a loss and 4 compelled fumbles in 5 seasons, with a career-best 5 sacks in 2019 with the Dolphins.
“Every experience I had, I take it as a learning experience,” he stated. “I take it on the chin and I keep on rolling. I don’t lose the confidence in who I am as a player, so I still feel like I can definitely play well and make some great plays and play this game at a high level. So I’m excited to show that here in Chicago.”
Charlton stated he doesn’t assume it can take him lengthy to rise up to hurry with the Bears due to his familiarity with Eberflus and the fashion of protection they run. He hasn’t performed in a recreation this yr.
“A lot of the terminology is very similar to what I’ve heard before,” he stated. “Of course, the small details I’ll have to learn through walk-throughs and stuff like that, but I should be able to pick it up very fast.”
The Bears waived defensive finish Kingsley Jonathan on Tuesday and linebacker A.J. Klein — whom they acquired within the Roquan Smith commerce — on Wednesday. They activated linebacker Matt Adams off injured reserve.
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