Former QB Was Beyond Fed Up Watching Luke Getsy Screw The Bears
Ten points. That was all the Chicago Bears‘ offense could muster against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. Worse still, seven of those points were gift-wrapped to them by one of the three interceptions provided by the defense. Nothing worked for the Bears. Receivers dropped passes. The offensive line couldn’t generate movement on the ground or protect Justin Fields. Yet a lot of the problems came back to Luke Getsy. The Bears offensive coordinator seemed to have no answers for what the Browns were doing, and it led to mostly punts the entire game.
One person who is beyond done with Getsy is former quarterback J.T. O’Sullivan. He has followed the Bears closely as a film evaluator for his QB School channel on YouTube. He has a better idea than most unbiased experts what the offensive coordinator is doing. He’s not impressed. In fact, he is often disgusted. O’Sullivan has called out Getsy on multiple occasions over the past several months. Sunday might’ve been his breaking point, as these three tweets summarize.
Luke Getsy is a liability. There is no getting around it now.
Every time the Bears have gone against a defensive coordinator with a proven reputation, their offense has completely stalled out. They scored 10 points against Jim Schwartz on Sunday. Brian Flores held them to 23 across two meetings with Minnesota. Steve Spagnuolo held him to 10 points in Kansas City. The cold reality is the Bears have been held under 20 points in eight games this year. Lack of talent can’t be used as an excuse this time. D.J. Moore and Cole Kmet are on pace for career years. The offensive line has played better. They can still run the ball well.
The only explanation for them not being able to score more points is Luke Getsy. While a competent play designer, his lack of feel for play calling is abundantly clear. He lacks situational awareness, falls in love with running the same plays over and over, and struggles to lean into what his players do best. There are plenty of reasons why this team struggles to close out games. In hindsight, the decision to hire Getsy as offensive coordinator will go down as one of the biggest.