Chicago Bears: 5 things they can learn from remaining playoff teams
By Dan Dundas
Arians and Brady Meet Halfway
Similar to the previous slide, Coach Nagy could at least meet halfway with his quarterbacks. Through the middle of the season, this is what we saw with offensive coordinator Bill Lazor, who was given the leash as a play caller, and in turn changed the concepts of the Bears offense.
Most fans ranging from casual observers to those with actual X and O’s knowledge could tell when it seemed the offense was in the hands of Nagy, or when Lazor was at the helm. It almost seemed their were two drastically different offenses on the field between mid season when Foles played, and the last 6 games or so when Trubisky started.
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Foles played earlier in the year with a sieve of an offensive line, and little was done to buttress him up. Trubisky took over right when former practice squad linemen Sam Mustipher and Alex Bars, were inserted, as the team began to run concepts similar to West Coast teams like the Rams and Packers.
This type of offense has been a common trend in 2020, but to improve, one team the Bears can look at are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with how Bruce Arians has adapted his offense to Tom Brady. The Bears beat the Bucs earlier in the year, but it was when both noted QB whisperer and Bucs Head Coach Bruce Arians and Brady were feeling each other out.
True to what the Bears did with Trubisky, Arians threw out certain plays. However, the Bears did so with the intent to lesson the mental complexity to assist Mitch Trubisky, whereas Arians eliminated the deeper throws he has always used, in order to help Brady’s physical limitations.
Sure Arians was in the luxury of having Brady easily digest these big changes, but the rest of the players seemed to as well. It’s another familiar adage of coaches adjusting to the talent around them, something that seems to plague the Bears.