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Caleb Williams is averaging 4.93 yards per passing attempt the last three games for Chicago, a number so ghastly it seems impossible. Not surprisingly, the Bears lost all three, including a horrific 19-3 drubbing to lowly New England on Sunday.
Chicago is 4-5 because it has an excellent defense. The easy part of the season is over though. The remaining schedule is Green Bay, Minnesota, at Detroit, at San Francisco, at Minnesota, Detroit, Seattle and at Green Bay. Only Seattle (4-5) has a losing record.
It is not a stretch to wonder if the Bears can win another game this season.
This is a five-alarm fire in a city that knows about great fires. It’s not so much that the playoff dreams appear to be lost — the NFC North is just so competitive (Lions, Vikings and Packers are a combined 21-6 and 18-3 against non-division foes).
It’s that Williams appears lost and lacking confidence, tailspinning into a panicked pocket passer who holds onto the ball too long and too rarely uses his creative scrambling ability. He’s taken 18 sacks during this three-game skid. Again, unfathomable.
On Tuesday, the Bears fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron — which may not change the trajectory of the season but suggests Chicago is aware of what the larger goal for this campaign should be.
Save Caleb Williams.
“After evaluating our entire operation, I decided that it is in the best interest of our team to move in a different direction with the leadership of our offense. This decision was well-thought-out, one that was conducted deliberately and respectfully,” head coach Matt Eberflus said.
Barring some unexpected reversal, Eberflus won’t last past Black Monday in January, so this is just the condemned doing some condemning. In hindsight — not that plenty of Bears fans didn’t see it coming — Eberflus should have never returned this season.
Williams was the No. 1 overall pick coming off of a Heisman-trophy winning career at USC. He was the product of a beautiful trade where…
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Publish date : 2024-11-12 17:45:17
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