Matt Eberflus reveals his plan for Saturday's pre-season game
The Bears will play their first pre-season game of the year this Saturday against the Kansas City Chiefs.
When the first week of preseason action comes along, everyone is trying to figure out which player will play, and how much will they play.
"We certainly want to see certain guys play together, certain units play together for a certain amount of time," said coach Matt Eberflus. "And there will also be players that won't play in the game.
"With the starters, they're probably going to go 15-20 plays and that's not every starter. Some guys are going 10-15, some guys are going 15-20. But that changes by guy. It's really individual based on the guy, where he is and what his maturation is in terms of his play."
"With the starters, they're probably going to go 15-20 plays and that's not every starter. Some guys are going 10-15, some guys are going 15-20. But that changes by guy. It's really individual based on the guy, where he is and what his maturation is in terms of his play."
Eberflus seems very excited about coaching his first game as a head coach, albeit a preseason contest. But he intends to focus primarily on the task at hand.
"The first thing to come to mind right there is that you don't look at the past," Eberflus said. "You've got to focus on the future and what's ahead of you right now. The way we look at it is you have to have a telescope view as the head coach: where we're going to get to. And then you have to have a microscopic view of what we're doing day-to-day.
"I'm just focusing on having good game-day operation, working on the scheme, evaluating the personnel for the first game That's the way you function best; you've got to be in the moment. You've got to be right here, right now."
"I'm just focusing on having good game-day operation, working on the scheme, evaluating the personnel for the first game That's the way you function best; you've got to be in the moment. You've got to be right here, right now."
Coach Flus is confident that he's ready to make all the crucial in-game decisions he's responsible for. This is such a crucial aspect in a game. You see every year a few games being won and lost because of bad game management from the head coach.
"That's everything," he said. "Those decisions that we make in the last two minutes of the half, last two minutes of the game, going for it on fourth down, all of those situations that are my call a lot of times are really a big job to have."
With that being said, throughout the offseason, Eberflus has worked with the director of research and analysis Harrison Freid to prepare for various game situations.
"We must have had 20 sessions talking about end of game, when to throw the challenge flag, when not to, all scenarios that deal with two-minute, end of half, end of game, all of those situations," Eberflus said.
"And we've had the officials in here. We've used those guys as resources, as educators in terms of the rules. The two-minute application, how they spot the ball, where should we be to get the ball back into play the fastest as possible.
"I feel very prepared for that and I'm excited to go through it for the first time with our staff."
"And we've had the officials in here. We've used those guys as resources, as educators in terms of the rules. The two-minute application, how they spot the ball, where should we be to get the ball back into play the fastest as possible.
"I feel very prepared for that and I'm excited to go through it for the first time with our staff."
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