While the Bears are sitting at 3-9, it’s hard not to be optimistic about the future of this team moving forward. That starts with the development of second-year quarterback Justin Fields, who has flourished under first-year offensive coordinator Luke Getsy.
Getsy has been a big reason for Chicago’s offensive emergence, which hasn’t gone unnoticed by his former mentor, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur.
“I think Luke Getsy has done an unbelievable job,” LaFleur said, via Matt Schneidman, ahead of Sunday’s Bears-Packers matchup.
Getsy served as the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator in Green Bay from 2019-2021 before joining the Bears as offensive coordinator. He hasn’t even served as offensive coordinator for an entire season, but there’s already talk about Getsy being a head coach candidate this cycle, which speaks volumes about how this Chicago offense has turned things around.
After averaging 15.5 points through the first six weeks, the Bears offense rebounded in a big way. In the four games that followed, they averaged 31 points per game.
Getsy was instrumental in the turnaround, aiming to include more designed quarterback runs in the offense to highlight Fields’ athleticism. What followed was a historical run by Fields, where he set an NFL record with 178 rushing yards in a game and recorded a combined 325 rushing yards in back-to-back outings.
LaFleur believes Getsy is going to be a head coach “sooner rather than later.” And it’s hard to disagree.
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