The Chicago Bears are entering a Saturday night matchup against the Green Bay Packers for an NFC North Wild Card playoff matchup.
It's a big game, and with the Bears' two games already against the Packers, there is one underlying concern for fans: the slow starts.
Courtney Cronin of ESPN shared that Bears offensive coordinator Declan Doyle has a plan to avoid such a slow start and to win over the Packers to move on to the NFC Divisional round.
Bears' plan for Wild Card matchup is simple: Urgency
"The biggest thing with us playing complementary football is us getting out to that fast start," Doyle said, "having urgency right from the first snap and being able to go out and execute the plan, execute the openers and be able to go put points on the board."
The Bears' plan is simple, in that they want to get off to a fast start, unlike their prior two matchups against the Packers this season.
In their recent games, the Bears have been outscored 47-21 in the first half of their past three games. And it's been even worse against the Packers.
During the two matchups against Green Bay, the Packers were up 14-3 and 6-0 on the Bears at halftime. Being in such a position in the playoffs would be a disaster.
Chicago, while they've shown their ability to mount a comeback this season, cannot rely on something so inconsistent to advance in the playoffs.
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Starting fast, or at least not as slow as they did at times this season, would be a good way to start their playoff run this season.
A slow start might be the deciding factor for the Bears, especially with how much their defense has struggled as of late. The Bears' offense can't afford to lag.
Ben Johnson, Caleb Williams, and the rest of the offense need to get things going early in this playoff matchup. Doyle, and likely the rest of the team, know this.
If there were one simple goal for the Bears in this playoff matchup against the Packers, it would be to act with a sense of urgency from the first snap of the game and get off to a fast start.
Chicago has the offense to go toe-to-toe with the best teams in the NFL, but their slow starts this season might catch up to them, especially against a Packers team that is more than happy playing slow, low-scoring games.
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