The Bears' first-team offense was explosive in their brief time together in the preseason opener. We look at how the players complemented each other.
completely dominated his defender and took him out of the play. Herbert then went the rest of the 56 yards for a house call. In the absence of David Montgomery, that's exactly what the Bears were hoping Herbert could do.On the surface, Fields had the gaudy stats Chicago needs him to have. Just below, you realize the bulk of the work was done by Moore and Herbert. Go deeper and it was a total team effort because… that's what football is.This is the fun part.
"When you increase your skill on your football team the catches and the runs get larger, and the stat line looks better," said head coach Matt Eberflus following the game."So we are going to continue to do that, and certainly we are going to take our shots down the field as well, but it's a good thing to see."
This isn't sustainable, of course. With a bigger sample size will come miscues and mistakes. But the preseason is for flashes. It's for showing the potential of what a player or a team can be. And Chicago's potential was on full display if for a moment on Saturday.
Carmen Vitali covers the NFC North for FOX Sports. Carmen had previous stops with The Draft Network and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. She spent six seasons with the Bucs, including 2020, which added the title of Super Bowl Champion to her résumé. You can follow Carmen on Twitter at
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