It's taken over a full season but the Bears defense has begun to mimic the success Matt Eberflus' Colts defenses had.
It's just taken a lot longer, almost a full year longer than his first Colts defense took. Then again, they didn't need to entirely gut the roster for cap purposes with the Colts the way the Bears have done.
The Colts team started 1-5 in Eberflus' first Indianapolis year, then caught fire and made the playoffs. Strong run defense and taking away the ball keyed that defense and the same has happened over the past three weeks, even the last four to some extent.The Bears rank fifth against the run, second in yards allowed per rush attempt. Last year they finished 31st against the run.
"Again, we're in the middle of the process of this season, so we've got to keep doing what we're doing and do it better," he said."And it's everybody—to me it starts in the middle with your defensive tackles and it starts with your linebackers having the ability to get downhill and to create little space for the runners to run.
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