I Thought So

So, it wasn’t my imagination. Justin Fields did throw a ton of sideline passes Monday night against the Vikings, sixteen to be exact. How sad. Not to be confused with what Bears’ head coach Matt Eberflus told reporters the next day, that, “Certainly we had some opportunities to hit some more of those [big pass completions] and we want to take advantage of those.” [Tribune online story today] What a load of…nonsense. Eberflus knows he’s the guy in charge, yes? Last time I checked, the head coach has final say on pretty much everything. You’d think the head coach would notice how his quarterback kept throwing horizontal and not deep or over the middle, where the McCaskeys are certain a franchise-sucking black hole lurks waiting to strip them of their gold mine. Why didn’t Eberflus tell offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, like, “Throw the damn’ ball down the field” or words to that effect? But the coaching staff will check the film during the bye week and make adjustments, I’m sure.