With 24 points in a pair of losses since the bye week, Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus expected to field questions about his offensive play-caller.
But the Bears (4-4) are not planning a change at offensive coordinator or taking any responsibility from first-year play-caller Shane Waldron.
“Changes we’re going to make is we’re going to look inward and make sure we do a good job of utilizing our talents and our skill and really just general, basic execution of our plan,” Eberflus said Monday. “And we have to make sure we’re doing that going forward, and we’ll put that plan into place here in the next 48 hours.”
Waldron was offensive coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks last season and was hired from a pool of candidates that included current Washington Commanders play-caller Kliff Kingsbury. Waldron replaced fired coordinator Luke Getsy in Chicago; Getsy was fired by the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday.
The Bears scored five touchdowns in their win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in London before the bye week. After going scoreless in the first half at Washington, the Bears had three scoreless quarters and didn’t reach the end zone on Sunday at Arizona in a 29-9 loss.
Eberflus said rookie quarterback Caleb Williams was still in that game in the final minute because his team is always going to fight to the end. Williams suffered an ankle injury and was sacked six times.
“We’re sitting at 4-4. Right now that’s where we are and it’s important that we focus on this week. That’s all we can control and doing a better job of putting our guys in position as coaches to be successful, and that’s ultimately my job and the coordinator’s job secondly,” Eberflus said. “So it’s important that we do a great job of that with the position coaches, partnering up with players and putting those guys in position to succeed.”
–Field Level Media
