On the second play of the second half of what would be a 36-7 blowout Sunday, the Bears crammed all the nuances of their new offensive identity into one play.
They broke the huddle and sprinted to the line of scrimmage as if their stripy retro game socks had caught fire. Quarterback Mitch Trubisky took the snap before he could finish screaming the word “set.”
Trubisky faked a handoff right. Tight end Cole Kmet pulled left as if he was going to block, and released into the flat. The field cut in half, Trubisky turned his hips and, before he could get hit, winged the ball to Kmet, who has more catches the last two games than the rest of the combined.