Caleb Williams, Bears offense shine in win over Jaguars

The Bears protection delivered one other robust efficiency, limiting the Jaguars to 278 yards whereas producing two takeaways and 4 sacks.

“I believed our D-line actually rushed nicely at this time, received some actually good pressures,” Eberflus mentioned. “The linebackers, these guys are all the time taking part in sizzling.”

D’Andre Swift had one other stellar sport, speeding for 91 yards and one TD on 17 carries and catching 4 passes for 28 yards.

“The large factor about Swift is to get him out in house as a result of then he could be electrical,” Eberflus mentioned. “I used to be actually happy how he ran the ball at this time. It was good by way of the [rushing] common. However you want some explosives and you have to restrict these on protection and I believed we did that on each side of the ball.”

Kmet led the Bears in receiving with 5 catches for 70 yards, together with TD receptions of 31 and a pair of yards. He additionally stuffed in at lengthy snapper after Scott Daly exited late within the first quarter after injuring his knee masking a punt. Kmet dealt with six snaps on one discipline objective and 5 further factors.

“That is elite,” Allen mentioned. “We had been speaking about that on the sideline. I do not assume I’ve ever seen a man rating a landing after which do a snap. Fairly strong.”

Allen was fairly strong as nicely, having fun with his finest sport of the season with 5 receptions for 41 yards and two TDs.

“We have all seen it,” Eberflus mentioned. “He is had a protracted profession. He is made a whole lot of performs. He is all the time open, that man. [Opponents] attempt to double cowl him, in entrance, behind, sideways. It would not work. He is all the time open. He is an thrilling participant.”

After the Jaguars (1-5) took a 3-0 lead on Cam Little’s 30-yard discipline objective on their first possession of the sport, the Bears answered early within the second quarter.

Williams threw a 31-yard landing cross to a wide-open Kmet, giving the Bears a 7-3 lead with 11:07 left within the first half. After faking a display cross to the left after which to the appropriate, Williams threw over the center to Kmet, who broke one deal with after which dragged one other defender into the tip zone whereas stretching the ball throughout the objective line.

“That was an excellent play name,” Allen mentioned. “We had been on the proper spot on the sector to dial it up. That was one of many performs going into the sport the place we had been like, ‘We have a great likelihood to attain on this play.’ Cole [did] a hell of a job stepping into the tip zone, operating by way of a man.”

On their subsequent possession, the Bears superior from their very own 5 to the Jaguars’ 41, highlighted by Williams’ 28-yard cross to Rome Odunze. However on third-and-1, Williams’ deep cross to Moore was intercepted by security Andre Cisco on the 7.

The Bears elevated their result in 14-3 on Williams’ 2-yard landing cross to Kmet with :13 left within the first half. Their second TD connection of the sport capped a powerful 10-play, 85-yard drive that included Williams scrambles of 23 and 19 yards and Williams’ 10-yard cross to Allen on third-and-5.

After being held to seven yards within the first quarter, the Bears gained 216 yards within the second interval. Within the first half, Williams accomplished 12 of 15 passes for 128 yards with two TDs.

“He was clearly in a rhythm after the primary couple drives,” Allen mentioned. “He was dialing it up … When he is in a groove like that and all of the balls are catchable, it is fairly simple to play receiver.”

On the Jaguars’ first play of the second half, T.J. Edwards stripped the ball from tight finish Evan Engram after a 24-yard reception and Elijah Hicks returned the fumble 19 yards to the Jacksonville 41.

The Bears transformed the takeaway as Williams rifled a 9-yard landing cross to Allen on third-and-goal, widening the margin to 21-3 with 11:22 to play within the third quarter. The TD got here after Allen’s 11-yard reception on third-and-8 sustained the drive and Swift gained 19 yards on a display cross to the 9.

The Jaguars adopted by reducing the deficit to 21-10 on Trevor Lawrence’s 21-yard landing cross to receiver Gabe Davis halfway by way of the third quarter.

The Bears answered as Williams threw his fourth TD cross of the sport and second to Allen, a 3-yarder on an ideal fade sample to make it 28-10 on the primary play of the fourth quarter.

“It was one-on-one,” Allen mentioned. “It was one excessive, press protection. It was really a run play with a fade test. As quickly as you line up, you understand what time it’s: ‘It is one-on-one, it is me and also you, Caleb, throw the ball.’ And once I appeared up, it was an ideal ball, so I did not have to leap up and make a miraculous catch or something.”

The protection then generated its second takeaway as Josh Blackwell, who was within the sport at nickel after Kyler Gordon exited with a hamstring damage, made a sliding interception of Lawrence over the center, returning it 10 yards to the Jaguars’ 36.

The Bears capitalized on the turnover, extending their result in 35-10 on Swift’s 1-yard TD run early within the fourth quarter.

Lawrence adopted with a 5-yard TD cross to Davis to make it 35-16 with 6:58 remaining. However by then, the Bears had already iced their third straight victory, persevering with their ascension heading into their bye week.

“We have a whole lot of management, and we feed off one another,” Allen mentioned “The protection is wonderful, the offense has gotten higher each week, the particular groups is second-to-none and I believe we do an excellent job of displaying up day by day able to work.”