Key Takeaways: Chicago Bears with Courtney Cronin of ESPN

On the offense in general

\"There will be differences in certain places like the 12 personnel part of this offense. I mean, they used multiple tight end sets, the fourth highest rate of any team since since Shane Waldron was their OC dating back to when he got there, I believe in 2021. And then, of course, play-action rate was really right around one of the highest in the NFL. It was 27% of the time that he had the quarterback on the move, which, again, as we see the very basics of this in the preseason, you're seeing a lot of play-action dropbacks, the rollouts for Caleb Williams to get the quarterback on the move.\"

\"I pulled the numbers for three receiver sets, 11 personnel versus 12 personnel. Like, you know, so three receivers versus two on the field with two tight ends, like there were more three wide receiver looks than, in Seattle's offense in 2023, which ended up taking away from some of the 12 personnel they ran, but they still utilized it more frequently.\"

\"Why do you like utilizing so many multiple tight end sets? And what does that group do for you? And he's like, well, if the group is the depth of the team, it presents a matchup advantage every week. And they do have a lot of depth there. Um, once you can do more than line up either as an inline blocker or more than just an F tight end that like, all you do is run routes and you're on the outside and you can run routes like that, that makes you multiple, like, right. Like that's everywhere. Every coach says we want to be multiple. We want to like be able to present a look and do something completely different out of it.\"

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