5 things we learned from Bears OC Shane Waldron

(4) Waldron was happy to see senior receiver Keenan Allen have his best game of the season in London, catching five passes for 41 yards and two touchdowns.

“Talk about a supreme professional,” Waldron said. “What I saw from Keenan is showing up to work every day ready to ask questions, ready to talk about situations, ready to see how he can fit in with everyone else that’s on the offense. When the opportunities presented themselves (against the Jaguars) , he was ready to make plays, as he always is.

“One of the tough parts is always going to be when you have DJ (Moore), Keenan, Rome (Odunze), Cole, Gerald (Everett), (D’Andre) Swift, Roschon (Johnson), all these guys that we’re mixing and matching. touches, every week may be a little different, but for us as a coaching staff, we know that Keenan is a guy that is a unique route runner. His ability to get separation, his ability to get open with aggressive hands, the way he can. winning at the top of his routes is something that we’re always going to, from a schematic standpoint, try to involve him in as much as we can.”

(5) The offense has performed at a high level the last three weeks, but Waldron wants to get the unit off to a faster start.

The Bears have scored just one touchdown and one field goal in the first quarter this season. His first possessions in his six games resulted in four punts, a missed field goal and a field goal. They scored five touchdowns in each of their last two games, but started both games with three and outs.

“The important thing is to start faster, we have to continue putting emphasis on that.” Waldron said. “And a lot of that will come down to third-down conversions on first downs, knowing that if you can convert on third downs, you can extend those opening drives, you can extend those first-quarter drives and play a little more efficiently at the beginning of games. But it also doesn’t mean that if you play well during the course of the game, you have a chance to recover from those things if you don’t start perfectly.