The Bears are the worst third-quarter team in the NFL.
To try to figure out why, the coaching staff has examined every second of the team’s 12-minute halftimes. They’ve tried to streamline conversations among coaches — about unscouted looks they’ve seen and the plays they have yet to run — to less than five minutes. They talk quickly to players about their play-calling preferences and what they’ve seen so far in the first half.
They’ve tweaked their game plans, looking for a spark.
“I think when we talk about it, there’s probably some strategy things that we shouldn’t say [publicly],” offensive coordinator Bill Lazor said.