By Kevin Fishbain, Adam Jahns and Larry Holder
The Chicago Bears’ offense seemed to be trending upward entering the team’s bye in Week 7. The bottom has fallen out ever since, spurring a possible change at play caller heading into Week 11.
In an interview with ESPN 1000 in Chicago, Bears coach Matt Eberflus said Monday that the team was “in the middle of that process of that evaluation” concerning a possible switch away from offensive coordinator Shane Waldron.
After scoring 36 and 35 points in Weeks 5 and 6, respectively, the Bears have only produced a total of 27 points in the last three games, including a three-point output in Sunday’s loss to the New England Patriots in Week 10.
Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams hasn’t thrown a touchdown pass since Week 6. Chicago hasn’t scored a touchdown since Week 8.
“They’re not going to reinvent the wheel in a sense,” Williams said when asked about a potential change at play caller after Sunday’s loss. “We’re midseason. It’s not a decision for me. I have to do whatever Coach says. I have to deal with whatever decision he makes and I have to be fine with it. Will I be able to adapt? Yes, I will. We will be able to adapt to whatever decision he makes and then from there, we have to go out there and execute and win games.”
Eberflus wasn’t seemingly ready to make a switch at offensive play caller following the team’s Week 9 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Then, questions surrounding the job came up again after Sunday’s loss to New England.
“Like I said, we’ll look at everything from the top to the bottom, making sure that we’re finding the answers to move the ball down the field, play better as a football team on offense, defense and special teams,” Eberflus said when asked about a coordinator change.
When asked if changing the play caller was on the table, Eberflus said, “I said we’ll look at everything. Everything is going to be looked at.”
Required reading
- The Bears offense is broken. They can’t afford to let it break Caleb Williams, too
- Who’s to blame on the Bears? Accountability for such a bad loss goes through whole franchise
- After 9 games, we’ve reached the ‘fire everybody’ stage for the Chicago Bears
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