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As Chicago Bears president Kevin Warren and general manager Ryan Poles addressed the media on Monday, an NFC executive watched remotely with a slew of questions.
Why was this press conference delayed until three days after the Bears had fired head coach Matt Eberflus, the first in-season firing of a head coach in franchise history?
Why did the Bears not fire Eberflus after the Washington Commanders duped the Bears on a Hail Mary, and why did the franchise dismember the leadership group guiding first overall draft pick Caleb Williams’ rookie season, piece by piece?
Why, now, are the Bears reassigning the offensive coordinator spearheading Williams’ recent improvement?
Only three games have elapsed since Chicago fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron. Now the Bears have promoted Thomas Brown from passing game coordinator to offensive coordinator to interim head coach in less than a month.
The shuffling leaves Williams game-planning with his third offensive coordinator (albeit second play-caller) in just 13 professional games.
This was avoidable.
“In retrospect, if they were considering this, they should have promoted Thomas to head coach, kept Shane and had Thomas work with Shane to simplify [the] offense,” the NFC executive texted. “Do that weeks ago, post-Hail Mary debacle. Thomas, in his best element, has influence on offense but gets to focus on being head coach.”
After Bears fired Matt Eberflus, Caleb Williams became third straight QB drafted first overall to lose head coach during rookie season.
Trevor Lawrence lost Urban Meyer in 2021
Bryce Young lost Frank Reich in 2023
And now Caleb Williams has lost Matt Eberflus in 2024
— Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) December 5, 2024
The suggestion isn’t a knock on Brown’s performance as coordinator. After elevating Brown to play-caller, the Bears rose from 24th in offensive EPA to ninth the past three weeks, per TruMedia. The Bears’ offense jumped from 30th to 13th in total yards and from 31st to sixth in…
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Publish date : 2024-12-06 02:22:00
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