The Chicago Bears defense will get a bit of a makeover in coming days before the regular season, according to coach Matt Eberflus.
Bears coach Matt Eberflus has a defensive scheme often considered overly simplistic by critics, based upon seven men in coverage with the cover-2 zone.While talking about how he wants to prepare Caleb Williams at practice with his own defense over the next three weeks before the regular season, Eberflus on Tuesday revealed his defensive scheme will not be as easy for opposing quarterbacks to assess in the future.
Eberflus, himself, underwent a highly publicized offseason makeover, one HBO's Hard Knocks focused on greatly in its first episode. Now it seems his defense gets a makeover. One of the most underrated Bears. This team is going to be really hard to run on again. If they get like an average pass rush with their secondary, hard not to see how this defense isn’t awesome. To stop the ELITE QBs though, the pass rush needs to be good, not average.This is part of what Eberflus plans to have working over the next few weeks, as they gear up for Tennessee.
They were 25th at 18.2% blitzes in 2022, when the defense was hopelessly lost and near the bottom of the league all year after gutting the roster, including their trade of Roquan Smith.
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