Opposing players continue to bury the Chicago Bears' coaching staff for not properly addressing a very obvious concern
For the second week in a row, the Chicago Bears' coaching staff looked like a bunch of fools and players on the other team are letting them know it.Against the Green Bay Packers in Week 11, the Packers exposed a very obvious flaw in the Bears' field goal unit that Packers' special teams coordinator Rich […]
For the second week in a row, the Chicago Bears' coaching staff looked like a bunch of fools and players on the other team are letting them know it.
Against the Green Bay Packers in Week 11, the Packers exposed a very obvious flaw in the Bears' field goal unit that Packers' special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia picked up on from the Bears' previous games.
On long field goal attempts, Bisaccia noticed that Bears' kicker Cairo Santos kicks lower than usual and a strong push against the weaker interior of the line could help lead to a blocked kick. The Packers did exactly that, blocking the Bears' final field goal to win the game.
What did the Bears do to address that concern this week? Absolutely nothing.
During Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings, the Bears had another long 48-yard field goal attempt that was blocked. After the game, a few Vikings players continued to bury the Bears' coaches for not making any adjustments.
"That's kind of rare, because normally teams will go clean up what they need to clean up," Vikings linebacker Pat Jones II said via Kalyn Kahler. "But I just give credit to the group that we have."
Vikings defensive tackle Jerry Tillery, who blocked Santos attempted, added that he wasn't surprised the opportunity to block the kick was presented once again.
"Well no. We knew who they would have in there protecting and we knew the kicker that was swinging at it. So we knew we had a chance," Tillery said after the game. "But we still had to go out there and execute our game plan. We were able to. Got a good push up front and able to get a big hand up and knock one down."
After yet another one possession loss, Bears' head coach Matt Eberflus was asked why no adjustments were made on the unit and had this to say.
"We got to go back and look at the tape, and we got to look at the kick, the protection, and all those things," Eberflus said. "And again, the ball was on the 30, so it's a good spot for Cairo. Whenever that happens two games in a row, we got to make sure we take a hard look in terms of the protection, in the technique, and who we have in there. So, it's a it's going to be a big thing to look at today."
It should have been a big thing you looked at after it literally lost you the game because of that vs. your biggest rival. Not throw it aside and allow it to happen again.
After the blocked kick last week against the Packers, special teams coordinator Richard Hightower said it starts with him. So instead of making excuses or looking at what the players did wrong, maybe Eberflus should look at what he and the rest of the coaches are doing wrong first.
