Kurt Warner raised eyebrows last week following the Chicago Bears‘ loss to the Washington Commanders. Caleb Williams didn’t have the best game, so it was assumed the critical Warner would dress down his performance. Instead, the Hall of Famer took a thinly veiled shot at offensive coordinator Shane Waldron for not doing a good enough job getting his young quarterback easier looks. That was the first big red flag that something was seriously wrong with the Bears’ passing game.
Now, following another ugly showing in Arizona, two more former quarterbacks have come out blasting Waldron. Dan Orlovsky of ESPN did a three-minute breakdown of how Waldron’s passing game concepts make no sense. It is almost impossible to determine what the Bears coordinator wants to accomplish. He wasn’t alone. Longtime former backup Chase Daniel did an even more extensive breakdown on YouTube, and he echoed those same thoughts.
It should be considered a minor miracle that he hasn’t played worse over the past two weeks. Despite taking nine sacks, he has managed to avoid throwing any interceptions. His 65.4 passer rating is mostly due to his low 49.23 completion percentage. That goes back to what Orlovsky and Daniels talked about. Waldron isn’t doing enough to get Williams easier completions. What makes it all the more baffling is that he seemed to do exactly that in the three previous games before the bye week.
Brad Biggs indicated recently that players in the locker room would welcome a change at offensive coordinator. However, there is almost no way Eberflus will dismiss Shane Waldron. If he does that, it will be a glaring admission that he had once again failed to find the right guy for this team after dumping Luke Getsy in January. It would be tantamount to career suicide. That means one of two things happened. Either Waldron stays put, and the Bears pray he figures it out, or a change comes from higher up the chain.
For Williams’ sake, something needs to happen soon.
