Caleb Williams inadvertently drags former Bears' OC Shane Waldron for being the reason why the offense was slow out of the gate
The Chicago Bears' offense has had a night and day difference since making a move on the coaching staff three weeks ago.Everyone knows that decision directly affected the offense's performance and level of effort but none of the players really dove into explaining the reasons why.On Tuesday following the team's walk-thru practice, rookie quarterback Caleb […]
The Chicago Bears' offense has had a night and day difference since making a move on the coaching staff three weeks ago.
Everyone knows that decision directly affected the offense's performance and level of effort but none of the players really dove into explaining the reasons why.
On Tuesday following the team's walk-thru practice, rookie quarterback Caleb Williams went more into depth about what went wrong during the first couple of weeks and why things changed the last three games.
"I think us having an understanding of our players and how to connect with them, how to get them in the best positions possible. I think would have helped all of us overall, in the offense, being able to have these efficient games that we've been having so far these past couple of weeks," Williams explained. "If we were able to do that a little sooner and get that going, I think it would have helped all of us. But, that wasn't the situation that we were in."
Based on that comment, it's clear now that the decision to go into the season with Shane Waldron as the offensive coordinator was not the best decision for the team. Especially seeing how the unit is playing under Thomas Brown, whom the team interviewed for the offensive coordinator job prior to hiring Waldron.
Luckily, the Bears were still able to keep the highly coveted offensive mind on the staff and were able to make up for the error three weeks ago. Now the question becomes, how different would things have looked if Brown started the season in this role?
"Obviously not having somebody jump in halfway through the season, you get a better opportunity to understand them, build a relationship with them, talk to them more, be around them and their families, and things like that," Williams added. "That would have helped, but that's not the situation. This is week three with Thomas and us going out there and performing well helps our relationship, and us having the open communication that we have during the games, on the practice field, and in the meeting rooms is only building that."
Clearly Waldron was never the right fit for this team and the players in the locker room made that well known without saying a single wrong thing about him. So far, the players seem to be meshing well with Brown's style of coaching and play-calling.
"My ability and his coaching has connected pretty well," Williams said. "I think he's done a great job understanding me, even though we haven't had many talks in the past and things like that, many opportunities to do something like that. So I think he's done a good job understanding me and the players that we have on this team. And I think I think that's gonna keep growing."
The connection between Brown and his players has really shown on the field. In the two games with Brown as the offensive coordinator, the unit has averaged 23 points per game and 394.5 total yards per game. Under Waldron, the unit averaged 19.4 points per game and 277.7 total yards per game against far worse defenses.
Caleb Williams and the Bears’ offense are unlocking a new wrinkle thanks to offensive coordinator Thomas Brown
The unit is taking marginal steps forward.
