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Alyssa Barbieri

Bear Necessities: Chicago’s offense ended the preseason on a high note

Saturday’s preseason finale against the Browns couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start for the Bears’ starting offense.

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After Chicago’s defense forced a three-and-out, the Bears offense responded with a three-and-out on a drive that netted -1 yards. There were vibes from last season’s infamous Browns game — offensive line struggles and all.

Then something amazing happened: Chicago executed an efficient 7-play, 80-yard scoring drive that resulted in a Justin Fields to Ryan Griffin 22-yard touchdown. On the next drive, the Bears scored another touchdown — this one a Fields to Dante Pettis 12-yard score. Chicago’s starters wrapped their preseason with a 8-play, 62-yard scoring drive where Fields connected with Cole Kmet on a 24-yard touchdown.

“I think it’s just execution on all parts,” Fields said. “I think the O-line did a great job protecting today, I told them that multiple times. The receivers did a great job with scramble drill just running the right routes, the right depth and stuff like that. So again just protection-wise, running the football and that’ll open everything up with our play-action and bootleg plays.”

It was easily the best performance by the Bears’ offense this preseason, and we caught a glimpse of how exciting this offense can be this season.

While Chicago didn’t face the likes of Myles Garrett and Jadaveon Clowney, they executed Luke Getsy’s offense the way it’s supposed to be — passing and running game included. It was exactly the outing this new-look offense needed heading into the regular season.

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