The Chicago Bears have not lived up to expectations this season despite spending a ton of resources over the offseason to revamp this offense, most notably bringing in No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams to take over at quarterback for Justin Fields, who was unceremoniously shipped off to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Williams has struggled with inaccuracy and holding onto the ball too long while his offensive line has done him no favors as well, and former quarterback Chris Simms recently revealed his take on why the Bears look to be regressing.
Simms took to X recently and said the “Bears regression boils down to a bunch of stuff. No more motions or shifts. Route concepts regressed to simplistic nonsense. Caleb getting swallowed up by all of it and not playing his best. Really would love to know why/how they reverted to the early season crap.”
Bears regression boils down to a bunch of stuff. No more motions or shifts. Route concepts regressed to simplistic nonsense. Caleb getting swallowed up by all of it and not playing his best. Really would love to know why/how they reverted to the early season crap
— Chris Simms (@CSimmsQB) November 13, 2024
Simms isn’t wrong, and these are all reasons why the team just fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron just nine games into his tenure as the team’s OC.
The Bears have lost three in a row after a nice start to the season and have dropped under .500 while scoring just 27 points over the past three games and averaging the third-fewest yards per game in the league at 277.6.
Chicago had a relatively easy matchup with the New England Patriots this past week and fell flat as Williams went 16-for-30 for 120 yards and was sacked nine times while the team converted just one of its 14 third-down attempts.
Caleb’s development is the most important thing for this franchise, and if Waldron wasn’t cutting it, it was smart for them to make a move sooner rather than later.
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