Analysis: Matt Eberflus' HITS principle stresses smart play and avoiding penalties but the bottom line is being a team good enough to overcome penalties.
When Bears coach Matt Eberflus took the job in Chicago, he seemed to spend his entire first year talking about his HITS principle: hustle, intensity, takeaways and smart play.
There needs to be a better distinction made between dumb play and playing with an edge, though. Sometimes this isn't an easy thing to determine, but it seems the Bears defense definitely plays the style of ball coaches want. The importance of all this in relation to Eberflus' HITS principle can be seen in the defensive penalty totals from his time in Indianapolis as coordinator. In 2019 and 2021 they committed the fewest defensive penalties in the league. They strayed to 12th most in 2020 with 45. In his first year as coordinator they had fifth most with 50. All four years they were a top 10 defense.
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