Bears safety Eddie Jackson wants opportunity to play on offense

Eddie Jackson knows how to make plays on defense. Now, the Bears’ safety wants an opportunity to showcase his playmaking ability on offense.

Chicago Bears safety Eddie Jackson is one of the team’s biggest playmakers. In his first three seasons, he’s established himself as a ballhawk on defense. But Jackson made it clear that he’d like to get an opportunity to also make plays elsewhere.

When appearing on Good Morning Football, Jackson was asked about perhaps getting an opportunity to play some on offense. And Jackson, who played wide receiver in high school, made it known to Matt Nagy that he wants the chance.

“Coach, you know I’ve been asking you since you walked into the building, all I need is two or three plays, Coach,” Jackson said on GMFB. “Just two or three plays, we put a little package in there. Get a little disguise get (Khalil) Mack in there, get Akiem (Hicks) in there.”

All Jackson wants is a chance to show that he can be a versatile weapon, whether it’s on defense or offense.

“Like I said, it’s just opportunity,” he said. “If I mess it up, you don’t got to put me in there. You can take all the packages out. But, I doubt it.”

Just two years ago, head coach Matt Nagy had some fun integrating some defensive players into some trick plays on offense. One of 2018’s most memorable touchdowns was when defensive end Akiem Hicks did his best William “Refrigerator” Perry impression with a goal-line touchdown run against the New York Giants.

Every week, defensive players would sit in meeting rooms wondering who was going to get the call from Nagy in one of Chicago’s many trick plays.

But those gimmicks weren’t present on offense last season, especially as Nagy’s unit struggled as one of the NFL’s worst offenses. Perhaps Nagy can find a way to get creative on offense and return to the kind of fun that this team had in its successful 2018 season.

And if Nagy is looking for someone to step in on offense, Jackson’s track record of making plays and scoring touchdowns speaks for itself.

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