To paraphrase the Lions’ fight song, the Bears need to throw farther down the field.
To combat a blitz-happy Vikings defense in his last game, offensive coordinator Luke Getsy called read-option screens to get the ball out to the flank a moment after the snap. When quarterback Justin Fields saw more blitzers than blockers, he threw short. All but “one or two” of Fields’ decisions were the right ones, Getsy said Thursday.
