Matt Eberflus pleased with Bears’ complete game victory over Raiders

Eberflus was impressed with how quickly undrafted rookie quarterback Tyson Bagent, who was making his first NFL start, unloaded the ball.

“It must be those 7,000 passes he’s thrown in his life,” Eberflus said, referring to Bagent starting for three years in high school and five in college. “I think that he’s got a good knack for that. He really does. He understands the play design. He understands where it’s supposed to go, and he gets rid of it in a timely fashion.

“Even when it was off schedule, in terms of the pressure, he was able because he’s athletic enough to be able to evade. He had that nice [10-yard] scramble on the first touchdown [drive]. He’s able to do those things, and that’s his skillset and he did a nice job with it.”

Eberflus also praised a reshuffled offensive line that was comprised of left tackle Larry Borom, left guard Cody Whitehair, center Lucas Patrick, right guard Teven Jenkins and right tackle Darnell Wright. It was the Bears’ sixth different line combination in seven games this season.

Bagent was sacked only once—by Raiders star defensive end Maxx Crosby, who otherwise was prevented from making impact plays.

“I thought the O-line did a really good job of protecting,” Eberflus said. “We had a plan for obviously their really good pass rusher, and I thought we executed that plan. Credit to the tight ends, the offensive line, being able to do a solid job on that good pass rusher, for sure, and the coaches as well.”