Bears head coach Thomas Brown is clearly overwhelmed.
After Matt Eberflus was fired mid-season, it was apparent the Bears were in too deep. Replacing him wasn’t easy. (They had already fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron.) So, they quickly promoted Thomas Brown, hoping to make something of the remaining schedule and continue the development of its young quarterback. But predictably, four games into his tenure, it’s clear that Brown’s doing no better than Eberflus — in fact, he seemingly looks worse, and that’s a harrowing reality.
Chicago under Brown includes more terrible clock management, bad play calling, and an offensive line struggling to keep Caleb Williams from being pushed further into the Earth’s crust. As you might suspect, Brown tried his best not to sound so dejected after his team’s 10th straight loss, but it didn’t sound very convincing. “The offense was not good enough, which starts with me,” he feebly said to open a recent postgame presser. WOOF.
“The offense was not good enough, which starts with me.”
Thomas Brown on the Bears scoring only 3 points. pic.twitter.com/rVXx8taKEc
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It’s easy to point the finger at Brown and say this is his responsibility. But truthfully, the Bears were a hot mess long before Chicago arrived at this point. He was never going to fix a season’s worth (maybe even years) of organizational missteps. The Bears need an entire offseason to regroup.
The best thing Brown can do is make Chicago look mildly competitive and keep Caleb Williams upright for the season’s final game against the Packers. Even if they lose, Chicago won’t be his problem much longer.
