Sam Darnold Discusses Preparing For Week 8 vs. Bears

It used to be that like folks focused a lot on third down offense and now a lot of the best offenses seem to like avoid third down entirely.

So like what what's your checklist for what makes a healthy offense in the NFL?

Yeah, I think just moving the ball forward, you know, I think that's the best recipe.

And it's not, you know, I'm not saying that sarcastically or, you know, any type of way, but it's true.

It's like the offenses that just continue to move the ball forward and, you know, it's not, you're not ever really seeking out explosive plays.

You know, they just kind of happen throughout the game, especially when you keep moving that ball forward, you're converting first downs and you're going first, second, first down, staying out of those third downs.

And if they are third downs, they're third and short, third and manageable.

So, It's a that's kind of the recipe, you know to playing really good football and Again, we were able to convert some of those third downs on Sunday night the other night But I think for us like, you know It's just continuing to be push ourselves right to be more efficient on those first and second downs So we can just stay out of third downs completely

Sounds like you guys kind of narrowed down the focus offensively over the mini-bye.

That's what Cooper Cupp told us yesterday.

What do you feel like that did for you against Kansas City?

Yeah, I think, you know, again, it just narrows our focus.

You know, it's a really clear, concise game plan.

It doesn't mean we're not doing a lot.

You know, we're still doing a lot offensively, motion shifts, all those kind of things, changing up cadences, changing up – really concepts as well.

We still have a lot of concepts in the run and pass game.

But it's doing things that we know and love.

And that's kind of, I guess, the formulation for what worked against Kansas City.