Flatout stole this from the other board. Good read, lost of pictures for those of us who struggle with reading comprehension.
I loved this Fox quote:
Four times offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains dialed up a throw off a bootleg, and quarterback Brian Hoyer completed all four for 47 yards. Each of those plays occurred on first down.
“We’re kind of starting to do more of that just because we had some protection issues,” coach John Fox said. “I think anytime you can get the quarterback on a different spot is important in football.”
Ya think? Only became important when the starter got beat to death by a OL that couldn't pass block?
The whole article is interesting. At least these coaches (Fangio included) seem to be learning and evolving. I hope we have a solid game against the Colts and get another win. Just get better.
"Four times offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains dialed up a throw off a bootleg, and quarterback Brian Hoyer completed all four for 47 yards. Each of those plays occurred on first down.
“We’re kind of starting to do more of that just because we had some protection issues,” coach John Fox said. “I think anytime you can get the quarterback on a different spot is important in football.”
And why is that important? Let Chuck Pagano, coach of the Indianapolis Colts, the Bears’ opponent Sunday, explain.
“It's difficult (to defend), especially when they’re having success running the football, and everybody's committing to their run gaps, and linebackers are getting downhill, and chase defenders on the backside are closing to make sure there's no cutback, and all of a sudden the ball is pulled and it looks the same,” Pagano said Wednesday in a conference call with Chicago media.
“Any time you're having success running that scheme, and then you run the play-action, the misdirection, the boots, the waggles off of it, it opens up things on the perimeter—quick throw to the flat, a crosser coming over the middle, all kinds of things. If you don't get one thing calmed down you're going to have two problems on your hands.”
That’s exactly what happened to the Lions. They ended up with two problems — Howard’s running, and defending some high-percentage play-action passes.
Let’s take a closer look at one of the Bears’ successful throws in the bootleg game to understand how they might continue to manipulate defenses.
Post by paytonisgod on Oct 6, 2016 15:40:47 GMT -6
From the article:
More specifically, they built on Jordan Howard’s effectiveness running the ball by incorporating some play-action and misdirection into the passing game.
I can't emphasize this enough. It's critical to get the run game going and was the difference in the last win and the other 3 loses. Hopefully the OL and RBs get things going again to open up our options.