Luke Getsy's performance with the Chicago Bears so far has been met with more criticism than praise.

The former Green Bay Packers staffer has deserved quite a bit of that criticism, as his play-calling has left much to be desired so far in Chicago.

There's been an over-reliance on the run game, which has in part allowed teams to focus most of their attention on shutting said run game down, and has also prevented the passing attack from finding an early rhythm.

Which if you've watched the Bears this year, you should know a lack of early rhythm in the passing game has done this offense — and specifically Justin Fields plus his arsenal of pass catchers — zero favors.

These factors have led to this offense struggling more times than not this season, and has forced the team to rely on its defense to make up for the offense's shortcomings.

This method has worked a few times this season — wins against the San Francisco 49ers and Houston Texans — but its hurt the team far more in crushing losses to the likes of the Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, and Washington Commanders.

With this method leading to a continuous amount of frustrating losses, Bears fans were anxious to see what improvements Getsy would make against the New England Patriots.

It'd be unwise to expect any major changes, but a couple obvious tweaks were available to Getsy if he wanted to use them to his advantage. Luckily for Bears fans, Getsy took the bait, and helped guide the Bears' offense to its best performance so far this season.

In my opinion, Luke Getsy is having his best game as a play-caller this season — and against the Patriots.

Designed runs for Justin Fields … changing launch points … going 6-for-9 on third downs.

— Adam Jahns (@adamjahns) October 25, 2022

He did so by leaning on the run game of course, but by adding a wrinkle that hasn't consistently been used this year.

The designed quarterback run.

Those asking for a designed running game for Justin Fields, you're getting it. And it's working.

— Adam Hoge (@AdamHoge) October 25, 2022

Fields rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown against the Patriots, with quite a bit of those yards coming from designed run plays.

These allowed Fields to use his athleticism in a more controlled state, instead of running around for his life when normal passing plays are breaking down. This in part kept Fields under control, but still allowed him to be free in a better schematic point of view.

This also helped this entire offense as a whole, as the new entrance of creativity opened up a variety of potential avenues for this offense to succeed.

With that occurring, this offense found ways to stay ahead of the chains on second and third down, which is something this offense desperately needs, as it tries to navigate towards consistent success despite personnel deficiencies across the board.

But now, with this eureka moment in the past, the question now becomes centered around Getsy.

Will Getsy keep these specific plays on his play sheet week in and week out? Well that remains to be seen of course.

But one thing is for sure, these runs really gave this offense a boost.

And when you're a bad offense like the one the Bears have, any boost you can get — ones that seem simple on paper like designed quarterback runs — could go a long way towards keeping this offense from reaching the stagnant phases we've seen it go through so many times this season.

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