LAKE FOREST, Ill. – While the Bears have started to click on offense during their current three-game winning streak, coordinator Ron Turner is convinced that the best is yet to come.

“We’re doing some good things,” Turner said Wednesday as the Bears prepared for Sunday night’s game in Atlanta. “[But] I’m excited about where we can go because I think we can get a lot better.”

Quarterback Jay Cutler has passed for 624 yards with 7 TDs and 1 interception in his last three starts.

The Bears have increased their point total in each game this season, from 15 to 17 to 25 to 48. They rank seventh in the NFL in scoring, averaging 26.3 points. They’ve topped that total only in two seasons since 1965, and they reached the Super Bowl both times, with 28.5 points in 1985 and 26.7 in 2006.

“Like I said, we’ve done some good things and we are doing some good things,” Turner said. “The next step is to do them more consistently. That’s what we’re looking for. That’s what I’ve talked to the offense about. I don’t think we’ve reached our peak by any means. I think we can get a lot better, and I’m looking forward to that.”

The future certainly appears bright for an offense that boasts so many young skill-position contributors. The average age of the players who’ve scored the Bears’ 11 offensive touchdowns this season is 24.2 years.

Johnny Knox (22 years old), Greg Olsen (24), Kellen Davis (22) and Devin Hester (26) have all scored two TDs, while Matt Forte (23), Garrett Wolfe (25) and Jay Cutler (26) have produced one apiece.

“You always teach and you’re trying to progress and get better,” Turner said. “But I think with the young guys we’ll be able to maybe add a little bit more and things will come together a little bit more hopefully.”

The success of the Bears offense, of course, starts with Cutler. The former Vanderbilt star has posted passer ratings of 104.7, 126.4 and 100.4 in his last three games, the first time a Bears quarterback has topped the century mark in three consecutive contests since 1964. During that span, Cutler has completed 71 percent of his passes for 624 yards with 7 TDs and 1 interception

Widely criticized leading up to and into the season, Bears wide receivers have performed extremely well in the first four games. Earl Bennett (15 receptions for 200 yards), Knox (14-190) and Hester (14-189) have combined to catch 43 passes for 579 yards and 4 touchdowns.

“I don’t know if they’ve exceeded [expectations] because that means we didn’t expect much of them coming in, which we did,” Turner said. “We had high expectations for them.

“We felt good about that group coming in. The only knock on them was they were young and they didn’t have the experience. But we felt they were good players. They’ve stepped up and played well for four games, and hopefully they can keep it going.”

After a slow start, Forte busted loose in the Bears' 48-24 win over the Lions Oct. 4, rushing for a season-high 121 yards on 12 carries, including a career-long 61-yard run and a 37-yard TD.

Although the Bears have been outscored 31-7 in the first quarter, they’ve outscored their opponents 68-27 in the second half. The offense has performed especially well late, rallying for winning scores against the Steelers and Seahawks before tallying two fourth-quarter TDs against the Lions to turn the game into a rout.

The Bears offense is ranked 22nd in the NFL in total yards, 27th rushing and 19th passing.

Coach Lovie Smith has said that he would like his offense to be known as a unit that comes off the bus running the ball but can also pass it effectively.

“You have to be balanced and that’s what we’re trying to do,” Cutler said.

With the offense designed to take what the defense gives it, it’s hard to predict whether the Bears will have more success on the ground with Forte or in the air Sunday night in Atlanta.

“We’ll see how it goes,” Cutler said. “We’ll see what they’re going to give us. You can’t say on Wednesday, ‘We’re going to run the ball for 200 yards.’ It doesn’t work like that.”