Dowell Loggains
Adam Gase took his talents to South Beach and left the Bears without their offensive coordinator. They decided to promote Dowell Loggains, their quarterback coach from 2015 rather than looking for a more seasoned OC. So far, the Bears offense has looked, well, uncoordinated. I blame the offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains.
Loggains has kicked around the league for the better part of a decade. Loggains took over as the Titans offensive coordinator for the final five games of the 2012 season and held that position for the 2013 season. In 2013, the Titans ranked the 19th scoring offense in the league while racking up the 22nd most yards. That doesn’t exactly have me brimming with confidence.
Loggains joined John Fox’s staff in 2015, serving as the quarterback coach for Adam Gase, so when Gase got the nod as a head coach, Loggains was a logical fit to move up to be the OC. Last season, he helped Jay Cutler to a career-best 92.3 quarterback rating.
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Have we gotten into a situation where he could be a good quarterback coach but a lousy coordinator? The Bears seem to be set up as a running team, yet they’ve only attempted 36 rushes through two games that were close through three quarters.
The Bears play-calling has been pretty predictable and unimaginative. In week 1, the Bears had zero rushing attempts from the shotgun formation. I don’t know about you, but I’d like to play poker with a guy with tells like that.