If you're reading this, I probably don't need to tell you how bad the Bears' vibes are right now. But the Bears' vibes are bad right now – Caleb Williams has regressed over the last month, Shane Waldron barely made it half a season before getting fired, and Matt Eberflus is more-or-less a lame duck coach with two months of games left to play.
Just about nothing has gone right since the Bears beat the Jaguars in London back in October, and heading into Sunday's game against the Packers, expectations could not be any lower. (Feel the excitement!) Bears fans have spent the last month looking for literally any crumb of positive news to cling onto, and as of Sunday morning they finally may have found it. I don't want to declare that the Bears might be back, but that's what lots of people are starting to say.
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According to Fox's Jay Glazer, after the Bears fired Waldron, Williams took it upon himself to apologize to the entire team for how the offense was playing.
Caleb Williams apologized to the Bears' locker room after Shane Waldron got fired
Bears rookie QB Caleb Williams actually got up in a team meeting after OC Shane Waldron was fired and APOLOGIZED for his part in the offense stalling enough where Waldron was fired. Teammates were very impressed by the accountability and his decision to do that. @NFLonFOX
— Jay Glazer (@JayGlazer) November 17, 2024
Huh! So that's what accountability looks like. It's a stark contrast from what Bears fans see every day of the week in Matt Eberflus' press conferences, so it's nice to see that someone in the building is actually apologizing for their performance.
And maybe this shouldn't be all that surprising considering Williams is the franchise quarterback and a team captain, but that's how low the bar is in Chicago right now. Even acknowledging the fact that they're bad and not giving some weird madlib of coachspeak is an improvement from literally every moment of the last month. Can you imagine Eberflus trying to actually apologize to the team in any meaningful way? I can't imagine Eberflus trying to actually apologize to the team in any meaningful way.
If there's one thing that Williams has definitely proved in his first season with the Bears, it's that he has what it takes to be a team leader. His teammates seem to genuinely appreciate his leadership, even if this latest example is just a calculated attempt at damage control ahead of a dreaded Packers game. Maybe this is the start of another hot streak from Williams and the Bears that launches them back into the Wild Card discussion, and maybe everyone forgets this the moment the Bears lose their 11th straight game to the Packers. Either way, it's better than talking about Eberflus.