Lucas Patrick on how Getsy’s offense can help Fields originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
We don’t know much about how the Bears offense will operate next season. Offensive coordinator Luke Getsy will have the reins, but he’s a first-time coordinator, and a first-time playcaller. We know he’ll borrow from the Shanahan zone-running schemeー something he picked up while working with Matt LaFleur in Green Bay. We’ve heard the Bears want explosive players making explosive playsー but so does every other team in the NFL. Beyond that, Getsy hasn’t offered many clues about what his offense will look like, beyond saying the team will shape it to the strengths of their best players.
One many in Halas Hall knows Getsy better than anyone else in the building however: new center Lucas Patrick. The two worked together for five seasons with the Packers, especially closely in 2020 and 2021 when Getsy was the team’s passing game coordinator. In a video published by the Bears on…