Analysis: The Bears have conducted their self-scout under offensive coordinator Shane Waldron during the bye and it says they must improve on first-quarter third downs.
Almost all of the problems the Bears offense faced before the bye week seemed to have been addressed by the time their 35-16 win over Jacksonville ended in London.
"But then when we get a chance to have an off time and truly look back, I think the big thing obviously is starting faster, keep putting an emphasis on that. And a lot of that's going to come down to opening-drive third-down conversions, knowing that if you can stay , you can convert on third downs, you can extend those opening drives, you can extend those first-quarter drives and play a little more efficient at the beginning of games.
The need for third-down conversions in first quarters Waldron talked about couldn't be more accurate. The Bears are 3-for-16 on third down in first quarters, or 18.7%.Under Matt Eberflus, Bears have done a fair job of assessing things over a bye before coming back strong. Last year their best overall game was their convincing 28-13 win over Detroit at Soldier Field, right after the bye.
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