Cheesehead
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The first play shows one of the Bears’ few third-down conversions, but it’s included here because of the next third down three plays later. In both, Martinez (50) lines up right between C James Daniels (68) and RG Kyle Long (75). On the first one, he’s next to S Raven Greene (24), who’s over the other center-guard gap (commonly called the A gap). Both drop into coverage, and Trubisky scrambles to move the chains. Three snaps later, Martinez is in exactly the same place, but it’s Preston Smith (91) over the other A gap instead. What happens this time? Smith drops into coverage, but Martinez charges straight ahead and the Bears botch the protection (they don’t pick up S Adrian Amos (31) either, as he blitzes right behind Martinez with the help of a stunt from DL Kenny Clark (97)), creating an easy sack.
Play 3: Third-and-5 from the Green Bay 21, first quarter, 4:41 left
Result: 1-yard completion to RB Tarik Cohen