The Chicago Bears’ offense is an unmitigated disaster through the first two weeks of the NFL season. That’s no surprise, and we at Touchdown Wire have already detailed the issues with the passing and quarterback run game designed by offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, and executed by quarterback Justin Fields, and Fields’ candid response to the whole thing.
In this week’s “Xs and Os with Greg Cosell and Doug Farrar,” Greg (of NFL Films and ESPN’s NFL Matchup) and Doug (of Touchdown Wire) go deeper into the larger discussion: When you have a quarterback whose athleticism is his most dominant trait, how do you move to the more advanced requirements of the position without causing paralysis by analysis? And why wouldn’t Getsy want to call more designed runs out of more different packages to take advantage of what Hurts does well — say, like what Shane Steichen is doing for Anthony Richardson this season, and what he did for Jalen Hurts last season?
