Chicago Bears captain goes public after calling out Shane Waldron

It has taken only three weeks for a lot of Chicago Bears fans to be completely out on offensive coordinator Shane Waldron.

Likewise, it's taken Waldron just three weeks to drive the Bears' offense into the ground, finding themselves toward the very bottom of the league in several categories. With so many weapons at Caleb Williams' disposal, one has to wonder just what Waldron's problem is.

Why has he been so incapable of making the correct play calls? How do the calls continue coming in so late to Williams' ear piece? What is with such dysfunction? Waldron's coaching job has been completely unacceptable, and one specific Bears veteran finally decided to do something about it.

During Thursday's media time, tight end and captain Marcedes Lewis revealed that he and some of the other leaders on the team chatted with Waldron this week, giving him exactly what he needed to hear.

"Nobody's sensitive in here. We want to win games just as bad as you do."

Lewis couldn't have said it any better, to be quite honest.

This isn't Waldron's first rodeo. He's been an offensive coordinator previously, and if he's starting to show what wore out his welcome in Seattle, then he better be ready to adapt quickly.

Shane Waldron needs to man-up and start making the big boy decisions

Lewis is spot-on with his assessment of Waldron. For the first two weeks, it seemed to the average fan that he had been playing "his guys" more often than the best players at each position.

Watching Travis Homer and Gerald Everett trot out there and receive more action than the likes of Roschon Johnson, Khalil Herbert or Cole Kmet is nothing more than pure malpractice as a coach. He was playing the guys he had previous relationships with over the better players at the position.

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Is Waldron afraid to offend his players? If so, it's time to buck up. This is the NFL. These are professional athletes. Lewis said it perfectly. These guys can handle it. They understand that, at the end of the day, the job of everybody on this team is to win football games. Waldron playing the best players at the position to try and win games is what should be happening.

Now, as for play calling? That's a different story. At times, it appeared as though Williams would walk to the sideline visibly frustrated after a drive stalled, even maybe voicing his frustrations to Waldron himself. If fans can see the obvious, why wouldn't Williams be able to?

And, if fans are frustrated, how much more frustrated are Williams and his teammates?

Hopefully there was even more said in this meeting between Waldron and the Bears' offensive leaders; more on play calling, scheme, fit and personnel usage.

Through three games, just about everything Waldron is doing has not been working. For Lewis to step up and acknowledge Waldron's faults is what a true professional does. There's a reason the Bears brought him back at age 40. There is a reason he's still playing at this age. He loves the game. He's passionate about the game, his teammates and coaches.

Lewis did what needed to be done. Now, it's on Waldron to make necessary changes.