This is what stood out the most to HC Matt Eberflus during Monday's win
The Bears played one hell of a football game on Monday against the New England Patriots.
Well, here is what stood out the most to Bears' HC Matt Eberflus.
Eberflus credited the emphasis on fundamentals and techniques in practice with helping the Bears dominate the Patriots on both sides of the ball.
After a 10-0 lead turned into a 14-10 second-quarter deficit, the offense scored on five straight possessions, while the defense generated four takeaways on eight Patriots drives, enabling the Bears to score the game's final 23 points.
Eberflus felt the performance was a direct result of what he and his staff emphasized during extended individual periods in practice during the team's mini-bye.
"Just wanted to thank the coaches and the players for really taking the mini-bye to really focus in on those fundamentals and techniques in individuals during the course of the week," Eberflus said Tuesday at Halas Hall, "translating that into the team periods and then working that into the game."
Eberflus' belief in the importance of fundamentals and techniques is rooted in his past as a linebacker at Toledo and as an assistant coach in college and the NFL.
"I've been around a lot of good coaches in my past," Eberflus said. "I've taken a lot of good things from them. It's coach [Rod] Marinelli. It's [Gary] Pinkel. It's my high school coach. It's coach [Nick] Saban. Whoever that is, they're fundamentalists at heart. They believe in the position coach and player relationship because the backbone of your team is always the position coach and their relationship with the player.
"How do you get better execution? How do you get better fundamentals? It's through that partnership. That's something we believe. That's something I've seen and confirmed with my own eyes when I was younger. It's something that I've preached now for several years as I've gotten into these positions as a defensive coordinator and obviously a head coach. It's something we believe in and something that's very important to us."
The focus on fundamentals and techniques will remain a top priority.
"It's something that we do every week," Eberflus said. "We really pick out something that we want to make sure the guy gets better at and we focus on that. If we keep doing that, the guy will be a better product on the football field, a better performer from Week 1 to Week 6, Week 6 to Week 12."-Larry Mayer ChicagoBears.com
After a 10-0 lead turned into a 14-10 second-quarter deficit, the offense scored on five straight possessions, while the defense generated four takeaways on eight Patriots drives, enabling the Bears to score the game's final 23 points.
Eberflus felt the performance was a direct result of what he and his staff emphasized during extended individual periods in practice during the team's mini-bye.
"Just wanted to thank the coaches and the players for really taking the mini-bye to really focus in on those fundamentals and techniques in individuals during the course of the week," Eberflus said Tuesday at Halas Hall, "translating that into the team periods and then working that into the game."
Eberflus' belief in the importance of fundamentals and techniques is rooted in his past as a linebacker at Toledo and as an assistant coach in college and the NFL.
"I've been around a lot of good coaches in my past," Eberflus said. "I've taken a lot of good things from them. It's coach [Rod] Marinelli. It's [Gary] Pinkel. It's my high school coach. It's coach [Nick] Saban. Whoever that is, they're fundamentalists at heart. They believe in the position coach and player relationship because the backbone of your team is always the position coach and their relationship with the player.
"How do you get better execution? How do you get better fundamentals? It's through that partnership. That's something we believe. That's something I've seen and confirmed with my own eyes when I was younger. It's something that I've preached now for several years as I've gotten into these positions as a defensive coordinator and obviously a head coach. It's something we believe in and something that's very important to us."
The focus on fundamentals and techniques will remain a top priority.
"It's something that we do every week," Eberflus said. "We really pick out something that we want to make sure the guy gets better at and we focus on that. If we keep doing that, the guy will be a better product on the football field, a better performer from Week 1 to Week 6, Week 6 to Week 12."-Larry Mayer ChicagoBears.com
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