Weekly chess matches in the NFL lead to coaches spending all-nighters crafting game plans to thwart the upcoming opponent. Then there is the chess match for the Week 1 opponent, a process four months in the making after the league’s schedule release in May.
For a season that could define much of quarterback Justin Fields’ future with the Chicago Bears, offensive coordinator Luke Getsy has had an entire summer to consider possibilities in his playbook and deficiencies he sees in a Green Bay Packers defense in advance of the 205th meeting between the teams, all the while working to prepare his players for the season.