Forte Could’ve Put Up Crazy Numbers in Nagy’s Offense and Other Bears Bullets

Yesterday, I stumbled on a way to make my special brownie recipe bette (let’s just say an Oreo-stuffed brownie isn’t where the fun should end). Indeed, I think making the bottom layer a double-chocolate chip cookie would make for a wild experiment and even crazier eating experience. You can count on me trying that out sometime this summer, even if it might come during a time of the year when I hate baking.

(Michael: PLEASE invite me over for this one).

•   Here’s an interesting read to get the brain flowing:

•   Johnathan Wood of Da Bears Blog dives into the Bears’ production of explosive plays in tandem with the avoidance of negative ones. It’s a concept that allows you to think of the offense in a different way and from a different angle. I dig it.

•   I suppose it’s refreshing that the Bears weren’t that bad in the negative plays department. Chicago produced 131 negative plays last year, while the league average is 134. In a perfect world, your offense produces no negative plays. But let’s not forget that the guys on the other side of the line of scrimmage get paid to do a job, too.

•   Clearly, the more problematic number is that the Bears were at the bottom of the barrel when it came to explosive plays. Their 48 were the least in the league, while NFL average was 74. That is a woeful number that needs to change for the Bears offense to be worth a darn in 2020. If Chicago doesn’t show improvement in that area, I feel as if a search for the next quarterback will only be scratching the surface of the franchise’s offseason to-do list.

•   Something to think about:

https://twitter.com/nflnetwork/status/1262548842517413889?s=20

•   ICYMI: Mitch Trubisky will get the first crack at the QB1 gig, but Foles is here to win the job outright.

•   MATT. FORTE. Enjoy:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAV3MuqH7Mm/

•   Forte would’ve put up some crazy numbers in Matt Nagy’s offense. Or any more modern offense that allows the back more freedom and play-making opportunities in the passing game. No. 22 was a great one!

•   As I was saying …

•   🎵 One of those things is not like the other … 🎵

•   Carve some time out of your day to read up on Arlington Hambright, the seventh-round pick whose path to Chicago is compelling. A remarkable piece of work from The Athletic’s Kevin Fishbain:

•   That’s fun: a portable solar charger battery pack for under 35 bucks at Amazon. #ad

•   HISTORY on this date in 1935:

•   Wonder who Kiper had going at No. 1 in that class.

•   Speaking of drafts from yesteryear, Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. (Windy City Gridiron) righted a wrong by taking George Kittle with the third pick in the SB Nation 2017 re-draft. With Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson off to Cleveland and San Francisco, respectively, Wiltfong sends the top all-around tight end in the game to Chicago. That means no crazy money on Trey Burton or Jimmy Graham. No Adam Shaheen. And no overflow of dudes in the tight ends room in 2020. Would I have preferred Christian McCaffrey or Myles Garrett? Maybe. But it would have been worth it.

•   For funnies, here is Kittle and Brian Urlacher talking football:

https://twitter.com/nflthrowback/status/1191446092682059777?s=20

•   Kittle telling Urlacher he was at the Nathan Vasher 108-yard return game is mind-blowing to me. Oh, what memories we had!

•   Well, dang:

•   These are important conversations to be having right now, especially with changes to the Rooney Rule being imminent:

•   Some league news:

•   You never know what’s going to happen when the Cubs and Cardinals get together:

•   Oh, buzz off, JR:

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Luis C. Medina, who you can find on Twitter at lcm1986, has been covering the Chicago Bears at Bleacher Nation since 2017. Since then, he has written about 3 head coaches, 5 play-callers, and 11 starting quarterbacks. Previously, Luis wrote about the Cubs and MLB at BN (2015-16) and worked in the Chicago Tribune sports department (2011-16). He also co-hosted a Cubs postgame show, Outside the Ivy, in 2019.

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