After a deflating blowout loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday where the Chicago Bears' offense failed to score a single touchdown against one of the NFL's worst defenses, many Bears' fans were calling for Shane Waldron to have the same fate as Luke Getsy on Monday morning.
While Getsy was fired by the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday night, Eberflus publicly issued a vote of confidence for Bears' offensive coordinator Shane Waldron.
Bears coach Matt Eberflus said that he won’t be changing his offensive play caller this week. Shane Waldron remains in charge of the offense.
— Adam Jahns (@adamjahns) November 4, 2024
This is a tradition as old as time for the Bears. Despite not only a public outcry for a Bears' head coach to make an in-season change with one of his coordinators, the team remains committed to mediocrity.
What becomes even more problematic is the idea that the Bears will look "inward" to fix the struggles they have had on offense over the last two weeks. The result will be the Bears' offense having an improved effort against the New England Patriots on Sunday only to be slapped back down by the Green Bay Packers in Week 11.
With no changes, the Bears' coaching staff is barreling toward a firing at the end of the season.
Waldron very much looking like a one-and-done coordinator for the Bears. Even if Eberflus does the unthinkable and saves his job, it seems like Waldron will once again be a part of the "blame the offensive coordinator" strategy the Bears have used so many times before.
The primary objective of the 2024 Bears' season was the development of Williams. Between Eberflus and Waldron, Williams' development is now in question. Waldron's play calling as placed Williams in a position where he has to play super hero on nearly every drive. When Williams is not playing super hero, or getting sacked, Eberflus is leaving him in games to get hurt when the situations call for the starters to be taken out of the game.