This is what stood out the most to HC Matt Eberflus on Thursday Night
While the Bears outgained the Commanders by a pretty significant margin, they were not able to capitalize when it counted and Washington ended up winning the game. Well, here is what Larry Mayer reported regarding what stood out the most to Bears HC Matt Eberflus during the loss.
Eberflus lamented the Bears' red-zone woes but didn't see a common thread with the offense's issues inside the 20 in a 20-12 road loss to the Giants Oct. 2.
In that game, the Bears were forced to settle for field goals on all three of their red-zone possessions, with those drives stalling at the Giants' 11, 4, and 17. The kicks came, respectively, after a Justin Fields incompletion on third-and-7, Khalil Herbert was stopped for a 1-yard gain on third-and-2 from the 5, and Cole Kmet was dropped for a three-yard loss on a third-and-6 completion from the 14.
Thursday night, the Bears failed to produce any points on three drives that reached the Commanders' 5-yard line. On Thursday night, Fields threw an interception, Herbert was stopped for no gain on fourth-and-goal from the 1 after Fields had missed a wide-open Ryan Griffin in the end zone, and Darnell Mooney was stopped inches short of the goal line on a fourth-and-goal reception from the 4.
"There were different play calls in those situations," Eberflus said. "I don't really see a connection there. It's just individual plays; we've got to execute those."
Fields' interception came when his pass over the middle intended for Kmet caromed off the helmet of one defensive lineman and into the arms of another.
"It's the arm angle, and the lanes are always tough down there when the field shrinks in the red zone," Eberflus said. "It's his instincts. You've got to be able to have the instincts to do that. They made a nice play. There were three guys there to tip it, maybe, I don't know. You've just got to change it around and move your arm angle. That's got to be thrown as a 'one ball' there, though. It's got to be thrown in there tight in that particular case."
In that game, the Bears were forced to settle for field goals on all three of their red-zone possessions, with those drives stalling at the Giants' 11, 4, and 17. The kicks came, respectively, after a Justin Fields incompletion on third-and-7, Khalil Herbert was stopped for a 1-yard gain on third-and-2 from the 5, and Cole Kmet was dropped for a three-yard loss on a third-and-6 completion from the 14.
Thursday night, the Bears failed to produce any points on three drives that reached the Commanders' 5-yard line. On Thursday night, Fields threw an interception, Herbert was stopped for no gain on fourth-and-goal from the 1 after Fields had missed a wide-open Ryan Griffin in the end zone, and Darnell Mooney was stopped inches short of the goal line on a fourth-and-goal reception from the 4.
"There were different play calls in those situations," Eberflus said. "I don't really see a connection there. It's just individual plays; we've got to execute those."
Fields' interception came when his pass over the middle intended for Kmet caromed off the helmet of one defensive lineman and into the arms of another.
"It's the arm angle, and the lanes are always tough down there when the field shrinks in the red zone," Eberflus said. "It's his instincts. You've got to be able to have the instincts to do that. They made a nice play. There were three guys there to tip it, maybe, I don't know. You've just got to change it around and move your arm angle. That's got to be thrown as a 'one ball' there, though. It's got to be thrown in there tight in that particular case."
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