No stat illustrates the dominance of the Green Bay Packers over the Chicago Bears on Sunday greater than this one shared by Packers reporter Daire Carragher.
Green Bay allowed simply two pressures on its beginning quarterback, Jordan Love, the fewest in Week 1 (earlier than the Bills-Jets “Monday Night Football” recreation). The Bears offensive line, in the meantime, allowed 25 pressures on Justin Fields.
Does this sign a bleak future for Chicago and its third-year QB?
“It has to improve,” head coach Matt Eberflus acknowledged to the media on Monday about his workforce’s perimeter blocking.
“The effort is there, no doubt,” he continued.
In his first recreation as unquestioned starter, Love went 15-for-27 for 245 yards and three touchdowns. He was helped out not solely by massive performs from working again Aaron Jones and his protection but in addition by wonderful safety from his offensive line.
Chicago’s Yannick Ngakoue managed a sack, however Love operated with a clear pocket for the majority of the recreation. The stable safety allowed him to make good reads and gave him time to ship correct passes. Whether it was his dart in the again of the finish zone to Romeo Doubs in the first quarter or his checkdown to Jones in the third that resulted in a 35-yard landing, Love cashed in on the benefit his offensive line created for him.
Fields, on the different hand, spent most of the recreation working from the Packers. His athleticism saved him from getting sacked extra usually — Green Bay had 4 sacks — however he not often had the time to throw deep. One of the few photographs Fields took was intercepted and returned for a landing.
Worse still, WR1 D.J. Moore, acquired in the offseason from Carolina, was a non-factor. He caught his solely two targets however for less than 25 yards.
For Bears followers hoping this season would at the very least characteristic a reliable offense, Week 1 couldn’t have gone a lot worse.
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