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Let’s break down the first drive for the Bears on Sunday against the Bills.
Say what you will, Sunday’s victory was fun for many reasons. One of them was Caleb Williams and the Bears’ first team offense.
There were others, like Ian Wheeler, Tyson Bagent, Dennis Allen’s defense as a whole, etc., but the first team offense’s success, and more specifically, the design and operation, made this morning’s film watch as enjoyable as any in recent memory.
This one is a bit beefy, so let’s dive right into it.
Let’s break down the first drive for the Bears on Sunday against the Bills
We’ll start with last night’s opening play, in which we saw Caleb Williams under center with two tight ends bunched on his right, two receivers, and a running back, otherwise known as 12 personnel, something we’ve talked about a bunch since Ben Johnson was hired.
Pre-snap, Colston Loveland motions to the other side of the line, and the play is a play-action fake—something we’ll talk more about in a minute—with Loveland running a route behind the line of scrimmage back to the other side of the field and Kmet chipping before settling into a sit route. The wide receivers are getting downfield over the middle. The pre-snap motion and play-action shifts everything to the left side of the field, and Kmet’s chips push Bills defensive end Landon Jackson and linebacker Joe Andreessen away from Loveland, who is running a flat to the right side of the field.
Williams hits Loveland, who beats cornerback Brandon Codrington because Codrington bit on the play fake to the left side, for a quick eight yards on first down, keeping the Bears ahead of the chains.
Check this out:
The design has Williams and four receivers moving to the right side of the field at four different levels, with the line and the bulk of Buffalo’s defenders on the opposite side of the field, clearing up space for the run after the catch.
The run after the catch looks like something Johnson is scheming to be a significant source of chunk plays, and he’s scheming space for it.
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