Lack of involvement from one of the team's top weapons proves the Bears' coaches aren't learning anything from their mistakes
The Chicago Bears' offense had yet another embarrassing performance against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday and have no signs of turning things around.At this point, it's easy to say that the Bears' coaching staff on offense, mainly offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, is incapable of learning from their mistakes.Sunday's loss was the biggest disappointment of the […]
The Chicago Bears' offense had yet another embarrassing performance against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday and have no signs of turning things around.
At this point, it's easy to say that the Bears' coaching staff on offense, mainly offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, is incapable of learning from their mistakes.
Sunday's loss was the biggest disappointment of the season from the unit after failing to reach the end zone and mustering only 241 total yards. At least after the game head coach Matt Eberflus finally took some accountability for the issues on offense.
"Full responsibility for that," Eberflus said. "We'll work with the offensive staff tomorrow morning as we watch this tape tonight, and find answers."
There's a lot that went wrong for the unit on Sunday. The run game was a non factor totaling 69 yards on the ground, the protection was abysmal with rookie quarterback Caleb Williams taking six sacks, and some of the connections failed to connect.
However, the biggest concern from what the unit showed on Sunday was the lack of involvement from one of the team's top weapons in tight end Cole Kmet.
Kmet was not targeted a single time in the loss to the Cardinals and it's not the first time his lack of usage has been called into question this season.
The team's highly paid tight end has proven many of times that he can be a legitimate weapon for this offense when he's given the opportunities. In Week 3, Kmet had 10 receptions for 97 yards and a touchdown. In Week 6, he played outstanding catching all five of his targets for 70 yards and two scores.
It shouldn't be this hard to figure out. The games where Kmet was rarely used in the offensive gameplan were the three games where the offense looked outright disgraceful. And the best games from the unit came when Kmet was heavily involved.
Not getting this guy the ball and scheming up touches for him every week is coaching malpractice by the team's offensive coordinator and it's something he's already had to answer for once. If the team is looking for answers for why the unit struggled on Sunday, they should start by looking at why Kmet was a non-factor on offense again.
