Chicago Bears Balancing Impossible Task
The Chicago Bears are an organization that is balancing an impossible task. How do you develop a rookie quarterback while trying to be competitive in the NFL? The answer is simple: you cannot.
We are repeatedly seeing it with the Chicago Bears; they do not know how to develop young quarterbacks, from Mitch Trubisky to Justin Fields to Caleb Williams. It is a complete and utter disaster.
While Head Coach Matt Eberflus deserves a lot of blame for the quarterbacks' poor performances, the blame starts at the top with the owner and goes to the general manager. Unlike the NHL, the NFL has a shorter season, but the same principles apply.
The NHL sees the same thing with teams trying to retool on the fly or rebuild.
“I always say it's hard to tell a player or feel like it's okay to lose a game, and then at some point, turn and tell him he has to win every game,” Flames GM told Full Press Media.
The Calgary Flames in the NHL are trying to retool on the fly. They want to play their young players with their veterans to be competitive. Hockey is different because it is an 82-game regular season. But if the fan base and management accept this, we will have years of growth. There will be years of pain, too, but we will see success once we get through it.
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That is where the Chicago Bears act. They need to outline the plan to the coach, players, and fans so it is accepted. Nobody knows the plan or if there is one in Chicago.
All the fans see is a coach who does not know what he is doing firing another offensive coordinator. The Bears just fired Shane Waldron in favor of Thomas Brown. But the issue is that the play-calling on the offensive side of the ball has no purpose.
That is hurting the growth of Caleb Williams, who was the number one pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. While the Bears brought in talent and veterans and got off to a good start, everything changed after the Hail Mary loss to the Washington Commanders.
Matt Eberflus, in the press conference, came off as if he did not know football. Players chirping at the fans on the final play. A semi-suspension for Tyrique Stephenson. However, the tone is set by ownership to keep the team competitive. So where does the growth happen?
Well, as Tom Brady said, it needed to happen in college for Williams and the other quarterbacks. But it does not because nobody plays under center. Coaches are forced to start these guys when they are not ready because they see the success happening around the league with other guys.
It is ok to bring a veteran and let the kids develop. But again, it comes back to the balancing act of winning and developing. There is no development or rebuild in the NFL. If there were, the Bears would be in the midst of one similar to the Buffalo Sabres.
Again, at the end of the season, the coach will be fired, and a new coach and coordinator will be brought in. That hurts the quarterback and the players, who need to improve, too, because now they need to learn another system.
Right now, the wide receivers don’t break early enough, and Williams is holding onto the ball way too long like he did in college. Poor decision and taking sacks because the Bears are just calling any old play and hoping it works.
Chicago is walking a very thin line, and they are about to fall off of it again, potentially ruining another franchise quarterback.