3. This offense operates differently with effective tight ends
All season, the Bears offense has lacked production from the tight end position. Starters Trey Burton and Adam Shaheen were hurt and ineffective for most of the season, until both were shelved and placed on injured reserve within the last few weeks.
In their absence, however, reserve tight ends Jesper Horsted and J.P. Holtz have stepped up in a big way. On Thursday night, the duo combined to total 7 catches on 7 targets for 92 yards, helping to move the chains on key third downs and set up scoring drives.
Trubisky was accurate when throwing to them and brought a new dimension to the offense they haven’t had all season. Good things should continue to happen as long as Horsted and Holtz remain an integral part of the game plan.
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