Devin Hester's Bubble Screen

by Chad on Oct 12, 2007 2:20 PM CDT

I posted this thought in a thread but I wanted to get some reaction to the idea. Remember the bubble screen and how well it worked for Steve Smith? I do. I remember two years ago when he torched the NFL (and the Bears) with it.

I think we need to run that play for Hester. It sets up like a punt return. Get the ball to him in space and see if he can make some moves.

While we have run a screen to him, it was a traditional screen. I want to see the 'bubble' screen employed.

Thoughts?

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The only reason

that play works for Smith is because he is the number 1 receiver. I say run that play to Berrian (if he is actually healthy) or Moose, not to Hester. The entire team expects a quick strike to Hester or a reverse. Which is why they need to either play him more often, or just keep him off the field and put him in at #5 behind Bradley. He should be in the game for 20+ snaps a game for anything like this to have a remote chance of working. Shoot, they could throw Wolfe out there and let him go in motion and do it for him with two TEs split wide on the side he goes in motion to. Then they'd be able to block, instead of risking injury to Hester.

by mikebdot on Oct 12, 2007 2:37 PM CDT 0 recs

I got an idea

run hester/berrian straight down the field on every play and see what happens?

I kid....

Seriously though I think I've seen one deep ball attempt all year.

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by thecubreporter on Oct 12, 2007 2:51 PM CDT 0 recs

careful...

... I got yelled at a couple of weeks ago for bringing that up. :)

But I agree with you - with Berrian, Bradley, and Hester they have three guys who are almost assuredly faster than any corner/safety that would be guarding them.

One of my biggest frustrations this year is that the Bears have not been able to take advantage of the team speed, especially the speed of the receiving corp.

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by big_lowitzki on Oct 12, 2007 3:04 PM CDT up 0 recs

I think I as well

have posted many words on lining Berrian and Hester up and racing them to the end zone.

by WCG on Oct 12, 2007 3:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

that would be fun to watch

may not be productive, but it'd be fun to watch.

all the way to Arizona

by mike on Oct 12, 2007 3:20 PM CDT up 0 recs

It is due to that reason

as well that I want to see them lateral the damn ball to Hester on squib/short kickoffs. I don't care if he fumbles, he would probably do that even if they kicked the ball off to him. Get...the...ball...in...his...hands! How hard is it to control a lateral? Seriously. Plus, it has the added benefit of being fun to watch, even if they fumble once or twice every few games, which, like I said he already does anyway, at least he has a shot of making it into the endzone!

by mikebdot on Oct 12, 2007 3:27 PM CDT up 0 recs

It would take some serious pass-protection

but line up Hester/Berrian on the same side, both run streaks, one more towards the middle of the field, the other down the sideline. Then have the TE lined up on the other side of center and have him run a 20 yard underneath to the space those two clear out from running straight down the field, probably have the RB sneak out on that side as well about 5-8 yards. A third WR on the other side could run an in across the middle of the field.

I did like having Hester in-motion and taking the handoff with a fake run up the middle. You can do that a few times a game and switch up between giving it to the RB and Hester, if anything it freezes the weakside pursuit.

I think Terry O'Shea ran it about 20 times a game but never gave it it the guy going in motion.

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by thecubreporter on Oct 12, 2007 3:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

I've got it!!!

Ok, slot formation, double-reverse to Hester, send Berrian deep on the other side, but then have Mike Dirnt from Green Day come out and play a blistering bass line from Basket Case. The WHOLE stadium is either locked on Dirnt and/or Berrian, so then have Hester lateral to Craig Krenzel who runs like Flash Gordon for a quick score down the middle of the field.

That would be AWESOME!!!

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by iowaBear on Oct 12, 2007 10:31 PM CDT 0 recs