CINCINNATI -- The Cincinnati Bengals' injury-ravaged secondary provided Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky with the opportunity to take a few more calculated risks in the vertical passing attack.
"Sure, it's fair to say" that the Bears were more aggressive on offense, Trubisky said Sunday after a 33-7 victory. "Everyone's got opinions ... it's accurate."
The Bears will never truly deviate from their conservative offensive approach with their current group of coaches and players, but Trubisky wasn't drafted second overall to check down on every play.
Trubisky started off throwing low-risk, short passes against Cincinnati, but as the afternoon wore on, the rookie quarterback started looking for guys such as Kendall Wright and Adam Shaheen on intermediate routes that paid big dividends on third down.