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Carmen Vitali
NFL Reporter
Let me first start by saying that what the Chicago Bears should do in the wake of firing Matt Eberflus and what they will do are likely two different things.
On Friday, Eberflus became the first Bears head coach to be fired mid-season in their 104-year history. And while Chicago did something they’ve never done before, they’ve perpetuated a cycle that’s been their reality for almost a decade.
Less than a year after drafting a quarterback in the first round, they fired the staff that brought him in. It was the case when they fired John Fox after Mitchell Trubisky’s first season in 2018. They did it again and fired Matt Nagy after Justin Fields’ first season in 2022. Now, Caleb Williams suffers the same fate.
Now, Williams has shown signs of development and, dare I say, special talent, despite all the chaos around him. In the game where seemingly everything changed against the Washington Commanders, Williams willed the Bears to their first lead of the game with 25 seconds left on the clock. He had the Bears within Cairo Santos’ range to kick a game-winning field goal against the Green Bay Packers. Williams and the Bears offense forced overtime against the Minnesota Vikings against that defense. With all the adversity he’s already overcome, there’s optimism that Williams can fare better than his predecessors.
But that doesn’t change one simple fact: The Bears absolutely have to nail this hire.
The roster, even outside of Caleb Williams, is talented from top to bottom. It will be the most “coveted job in the National Football League” as team president Kevin Warren put it on Monday.
With Caleb Williams, are the Bears a good coaching destination?
Yet, the Bears can’t rest on that alone. They need to put resources behind their head coaching search. That means paying his salary, his staff salaries and paying for miscellaneous resources across the organization that can…
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Publish date : 2024-12-03 17:18:00
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