Just read this article, and I'm totally pumped for 13 personnel packages this year.

Why Bears rookie tight end Sam Roush fits head coach Ben Johnson’s vision

Great article on Roush, best I've read since we drafted him. Goes into a ton of detail on what to expect from him.

Tough kid. Missed 1/2 of 1 practice the entire time at Stanford, and only because they forced him to leave the field with a temperature of 102.

On an assigned chip block, he managed to "chip" his man so hard that he was propelled back into a DT, and he got 2 pancakes on one block.

It details how we had great success running 13 personnel last year. I'm surprised BJ didn't call it more often.

After reading this article, I have no doubt we will more than double the number of 13 personnel plays.

The Bears play the toughest schedule (based on last year's results), but at least we stay home.

No overseas games for the Bears. GOOD!

2026 international games:

🏈Week 1: Rams/49ers (Australia)
🏈Week 3: Ravens/Cowboys (Brazil)
🏈Week 4: Colts/Commanders (London)
🏈Week 5: Eagles/Jaguars (London)
🏈Week 6: Texans/Jaguars (London)
🏈Week 7: Steelers/Saints (France)
🏈Week 9: Bengals/Falcons (Spain)
🏈Week 10: Patriots/Lions (Germany)
🏈Week 11: Vikings/49ers (Mexico)

4 hours ago, Pixote said:

Just read this article, and I'm totally pumped for 13 personnel packages this year.

Why Bears rookie tight end Sam Roush fits head coach Ben Johnson’s vision

Great article on Roush, best I've read since we drafted him. Goes into a ton of detail on what to expect from him.

Tough kid. Missed 1/2 of 1 practice the entire time at Stanford, and only because they forced him to leave the field with a temperature of 102.

On an assigned chip block, he managed to "chip" his man so hard that he was propelled back into a DT, and he got 2 pancakes on one block.

It details how we had great success running 13 personnel last year. I'm surprised BJ didn't call it more often.

After reading this article, I have no doubt we will more than double the number of 13 personnel plays.

It basically forces teams to use 3 LBs. Looking at LB coverage grades, I was surprised to see D'Marco Jackson as the 2nd highest rated LB in coverage, only behind Fred Warner. 4th was a guy named Devin Bush who played in CLE last year. 18th was TJ Edwards. So the Bears have 3 of the top 18 coverage LBs in the NFL.

On the flip side, there are a few others from the division, Cooper from GB was 9th and Campbell from DET was 12th.

So the Bears may have gotten ahead of this trend on both offense and defense.