NFC Notes: Justin Fields, Bears, Lions, Packers

Bears

Bears OC Luke Getsy said that he believes the team is building something special offensively and they’ll have a good plan in place to attack Denver.

“I think we’re in the process of building something special,” Getsy said, via Chicago Sun-Times. “And I think that we’re in the phase of it’s Week 4 and we’re going on to find a way to attack Denver [Sunday at Soldier Field] in a completely different way than we did Kansas City.”

Getsy isn’t dwelling on the team’s lack of success throughout the first three games of the season.

“That’s a week-to-week challenge that you have,” he said. “There are different schemes. Different mentalities of coordinators that you’re playing against. Like coach Flus [Matt Eberflus] always says, you get 24 hours to enjoy or be sad about whatever the heck happened and you move on. That’s part of our business. It’s a 17-week process. It is not a three-week process.”

Getsy stood up for QB Justin Fields and said that he’s done a great job being a leader despite the circumstances.

“[Fields is] doing a really nice job in the midst of a lot of [crap] right now…that he’s manning up and taking a leadership role for these guys,” Getsy said. 

Getsy explained how Fields has improved on a week-to-week basis so far this season.

“You talk about a guy who during the week in the preparation getting everybody on board or on the same page and I think that showed up again [last] week, where it wasn’t an issue at all,” Getsy said. “He made sure that everybody was on the same page protection-wise when you had a new line like we had again…that was a really good example of him being in control of all that stuff.”

• Bears HC Matt Eberflus says he expects RG Nate Davis to start this week. (Fishbain)

Lions

• Lions DB Brian Branch (ankle) said X-rays came back negative on his injury and didn’t suffer any broken bones: “Nothing broken.” (Mike Garafolo)

Packers

• Packers HC Matt LaFleur hopes that RB Aaron Jones and WR Christian Watson will be back to having a full workload next week after being on a pitch count against the Lions. (Matt Schneidman)
• LaFleur on CB Eric Stokes possibly returning next week after missing the last four games: “We’re hopeful, but we’ll see.” (Schneidman)