Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson had a lot of goals for his offense going into this season. One of those goals was to be explosive and so far, that is something the Bears have accomplished.

Through the first nine weeks of the season, Chicago is tied for the second-most explosive plays of any team in the NFL. Most of those explosives have not been on touchdown plays. In fact, the Bears only have seven offensive touchdowns of at least 20 yards and four of them came against the Carolina Panthers in the season opener.

All of Chicago’s offensive touchdowns of over 20 yards have come from different players and their only rushing touchdown over 20 yards is from running back Kyle Monangai, who has been out since Week 5 against the Green Bay Packers.

While the Bears have had a lot of explosive plays, they have also given up a lot of explosives. In fact, seven of the touchdowns Chicago has given up this season have been at least 20 yards. Two of those were against the Packers, who are the only team with more explosive plays than the Bears.

With Jeffery Simmons now on Chicago’s defensive line and rookie cornerback Malik Muhammad hopefully coming back for the Bears’ Week 11 game against the New Orleans Saints, they should allow fewer explosive plays in the second half of the season. If they can continue to generate explosive plays, the Bears can continue to be a very dangerous team.