CHICAGO (WLS) — The Chicago Bears have fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, the team announced Tuesday
Coming off arguably their worst game of the season Sunday, there was a lot of pressure on the Bears to do something.
There were a lot of boos coming from fans as they managed only three points against the New England Patriots Sunday.
It looks like at least for now the Bears offensive coordinator, Shane Waldron is going to take the blame.
The Bears have fired Waldron just nine games into his first season.
The Bears offense ranks 30th in the league this season. They have managed just 278 yards a game on average.
And there’s a lot of concern about developing the Bears new quarterback, number one draft choice Caleb Williams.
Waldron came to the Bears this year after two seasons as offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks.
There’s been lots of talk on sports radio all morning about it. Some believe this is only the start of the changes the Bears need to make.
“When you changed out and went to a new quarterback, you should have changed out everything. Instead what’s going to end up happening is he’s going to get fired,” ESPN 1000 radio host David Kaplan said. “He’ll be gone and now you’re going to ask your rookie quarterback – who turns 23 on Monday – to learn another system.
“So he’ll have his college system, then the Bears system, then a new Bears system all in the span of like two years.
“That is not how you develop a rookie quarterback, a guy who’s the future of your franchise.”
The Bears have promoted passing game coordinator Thomas Brown to the job of offensive coordinator for the rest of the season.
Head coach, Matt Eberflus is expected to address these changes Tuesday afternoon.
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