How to FIX Bears Offense || Evaluating Shane Waldron 

You are the only bears content creator who doesn’t over react and see things how they are without emotion. Swifty, keep posting bangers. Chicago media needs to take notes

I'd really like to see All-22 footage of the play at the goal line with 4 of the 5 Bears OL on the ground.

The team is trying to change its identity from a downhill rushing team to a passing team. Either we get linemen that can run block as well as pass protect or we will be passing in the red zone.

21 to 16 Colts... Eberflus left 11 points on the field! (27 to 26 Bears) We have soooooo very many moving new parts and it's only the thrid game on the new season...damn Chicago...where is the love?

Speed option play was Caleb's fault which he owned post-game, he had a check built right into that play to switch too, if the defensive look wasn't right'. But Caleb felt he would get delay of game checking out of play with only 10 secs on play clock coming out the huddle, so he just called hike and ran it anyways lol (Rookie mistake since we had timeouts to take even if the adjustment took too long) this is exactly why our center Shelton said it wasn't the right look for the play, that was an indictment against Caleb for not checking out of play and not a shot at Shane for calling the play. Im pretty sure the whole O-Line wiffed because they were all surprised Caleb called hike instead of the play check adjustment, they were all expecting to be called.

Swifty the voice of reason once again. It's too soon for any crazy moves and we are going in the right direction. There's plenty to fix but it's going to take a little more time. The future is still bright! 🐻⬇️

People need to cool it with the drama. It’s a new OC and a rookie QB… it’ll take time. That’s why DJ didn’t want to restart. Texans started 1-3 and lost to the Colts 31-20 last year. The oline looked better but still 💩 and Caleb was missing WRs again. Yet he still had 363 and although a poor choice, that second INT was a DPI. Finally, blowing Billings INT dead but then not blowing JT28s goal line play dead was horse💩.

The Seahawks players weren't excited about their fotmer OC

The OL has been suspect for years now.

Seattle cleaned the coaching slate and this season they're currently 3-0 without Shane Waldron. Just saying. Our run game I agree looks horrible. Worse then I've ever seen in Chicago. All good points on blocking. ⬇️

If you take the names out of your analysis today, it sounds exactly like last year. Thanks for all your hard work.

I am not sure I agree with the breakdown of the 4th down analysis. You’re at the 1 yard line, most competent coaches with call run from under center to try to punch it in. Worst case if that doesn’t go through, then the other team gets the ball at their own 1 yard line and that’s still an advantageous position to be. Running option play when you know your line isn’t playing well is just nuts.

RoJo needs way more touches.

The argument is that it was Pete Carroll not Waldron

I'm not sold on Waldron. I need to see more positive plays.

I like Matt Pryor and Roshawn Johnson from the Indy game. I suspect Chris Morgan as you have indicated as a coach that needs improvement.

I think you're spot on Swifty. I guess for me tho, I want to see Waldron call plays that are to the O-lines strengths, which right now I'm not sure what they are but certain play calls just aren't working. Do what works and don't be Matt Nagy. Again, I know nothing, but as always, I'm Bearing Down!

Swifty, I'm not a coach, just a fan. Isn't the shortest distance between two points a straight line, forward? Not laterally, does anyone else, see this, or remember this? My heart sunk yesterday, watching our BEARS.

I scouted Waldron on a Seattle seahawks fan page and most fans didn't think much of him

I was surprised the bears didn't get kliff kingsbury

I was on the Kubiak train and the Saints have looked good but lets go Shane Waldron he will be fine.

The hype for this team was too high and now, without fields, the OL is exposed the way they were with Fields just Fields was bigger stronger and faster and inflated our pass protection numbers extending plays. Williams has similar ability but at the end of the day OL has been subpar at best and Coleman Shelton looks overwhelmed every week so far, maybe he’ll settle in but so far the OL has been completely overmatched through 3 weeks

Hate to say it but, between the O Line deficiencies and Caleb needing to be able to run plays that have a chance, we gotta be patient. I known it sucks and, yes, we HAVE to figure out the run, but we had to see it on the field

This was exactly the analysis I was looking for. Very great video

Couple of points. Walden is getting the same results as Getsy. The one thing that’s the same is the Oline coach. Both Whitehair and Patrick seem to be doing well else where. The one thing about Walden that really rubs me wrong is he comes across as a politician in his pressers. Really would like it if the Bears could find a plain talking coach.

I wanna see Allen and Tyler Scott on the field this coming Sunday let’s win these next three games and go on the bye week 🐻🐻🐻

The OL has not done well since Morgan became the coach three years ago. He has a history of being a good coach but it has not shown itself here. He is the only holdover from last years staff. I don’t know what the exact problem is but he the common denominator.

That’s the thing about that play tho Swifty, on 4th & 1 you know the defense is pushing forward more than ever. So instead of calling a play where offense pushes back you put them in a position to be caught off guard and pummeled at the line. That was so much of the wrong play that it might not even be the o-line’s fault either. They weren’t supposed to finesse their way into the end zone they were supposed to bumrush them right back and build some type of confidence.

It all starts with the offensive line, and also a good center. Then left, right tackle, etc. A good offensive line can help open up those running lanes for a RB. Its no accident that the Bears RBs are doing bad right now, because it goes back to the O-line. In some of the plays it seems Caleb is also not in sync with his receivers at times. The good news is the defense is at least top 10 (some might say top 5).

You're spot on! Unfortunately, with this coaching staff and offensive line, this year will end being a 500 year at best. Can't fix the o-line until the next draft unless he trades draft picks during this season for o-line help. I'm a realist! Next year is our year! We'll have new coaching and a new o-line!

We have had poor play calling in each game and the coaches don't always seem to be in sync with each other, till that happens the offense will struggle. I do like your perspective although I was questioning Waldrons play calling. Hopefully this team will get it all sorted out quickly so the talent doesn't go to waste. Good Stuff Swift.

The OL tho . Should they try Wright at LT? See if he's just meant to be there? I been the Biggest Brax fan, Day 1, at some point he's gotta put things together. May end up Charles Leno which, good career. Tevin got thrown to the ground 😳 Did not expect to see him on his stomach. Still a great talent, maybe 🤔 he should move back to RT 🤷🏻 Idk. Matt Pryor got the start at RG and if you watched him at RG he was really good. Idk his grade for the game cause he had to move to LT. RT maybe, I don't think he slides well enough for LT. At Guard he's a monster. Center needs Reps w/the QB. They looked better this week snap wise. I see this as a Get off the 🏈 OL. May be a Pass but our guys are run blocking guys down field, then Caleb can roll out easier.

I get that Waldron more than likely will finish the season at OCceven with the issues. Right now though the finger should be pointed at the common denominator for our Oline and Running game..Chris Morgan. In my opinion he has at most 3 more games to get shit right otherwise put the assistant in his place and roll with it.

Exactly Chris Morgan!

Moot point until you fix that starting offensive line. We cant run the ball or protect. Linemen that were supposed to take a step have not. sadly I think there is more than just drafting a guy and signing a guy. Might be signing 2 guys and drafting a couple.

I think 🤔 Starting RoJo over Swift would be smart. He's obviously better at tough yards so if they plan to keep using Swift the same way, I'd prefer RoJo gets the snaps. Herbert is used as your burner back. Swift used as your pass down back. But RoJo is getting those tough yards. If he's out there behind a FB, good luck stopping him 😳💯 Seeing more the Lions 2yard RB than the weapon Philly made. Shows he's being used wrong. Did they talk to the OC before signing him?!?! 😅 Cause he seems to have No plays for Swift 🤷🏻

Cliff Kingsbury is looking like a missed opportunity. Doing great w Daniels and worked directly with Caleb. I never thought Waldron would be this bad though

I personally think that it’s great that Waldron is calling so many pass plays. It’s not only the strength of the offense but also a best way to develop CW

Just don't like that Waldron was using Swift and Homer a lot and hardly any touches for RoJo and Hebert. I know Swift had 1,000 yards last year, but he has looked awful with the Bears. Also, he was using Everett over Kmet until the Colts game. Have to see what he does now that there was at least some run game with RoJo and Kmet had a big impact.

How to fix the offense? 1. Build an offensive Line. Two to three years of drafting. 2. First fire Ryan POles, Flus, Waldron and Morgan.

Johnson was our Montgomery and he should've been in for that one yard run , period! Swift with the Eagles had a top 10 o-line to run behind. Waldron's scheme & offense line coach isn't on same page so line coach changes or let him go. One thing to me is clear JF1 run threat had defences afraid which opened up holes for RB's & Caleb doesn't affect defence the same. I hope this home game is a win & I hope Karim gets to play. GO BEARS AND BEAR DOWN 🐻 ❤❤❤

1st Year OC, Rookie QB. Expectations Sky High. That almost never works out well year 1. You wanna see Development. 💩 OL. It's got bad. So No Line, Rookie QB, 1st year OC. Go search what teams had that and did good, the list is likely 0. Just never happened unless you have that OL.

When you can't set ur Franchise QB up for success, you have failed ! And it starts in the trenches !!

Geno's revival came from Canales. Once Canales left Geno regressed a bit.

I’d probably put AZ, Was, and Saints OC above Waldron. Even panthers OC who was there with Waldron for the Geno turn around with Baker for his turnaround and now Andy Dalton while Geno got worse again when he left.

The bottom line is that Shane Waldron IS the OC of this team. If the O-line coaches are not doing a good job training players in his system, then HE needs to get on them and hold them responsible. The same holds true for Matt Eberflus. If he doesn't like what's going on with the offense (How could he?), then HE needs to get on Waldron.

Should our identity be quick passes similar to 2000s patriots? To take press off oline, Caleb & helps the run. If Morgan is the problem. Should he be replaced before midway point in season or before bye. Which ever date is sooner bc there should be a sense of urgency.

CW threw for 363 yards in 1 game with arguably the worst offensive line we’ve ever had. It would have taken JF at least 3 games combined to do that! We are 1-2 and could very easily be 3-0. Our defense is very close to being championship caliber, but our offensive line is still the glaring weakness. Ryan Poles has done a very good job of flipping our roster, with the exception of this God awful, offensive line. I swear, Ryan “RuPoles” assembled a bunch of drag queens & said, “You betta Work!” (RuPaul’s hit song, lol). Now, we either need Donald Trump to come in and tell the entire offensive line, “You’re fired” or bring in Patches O’Houlihan as the new offensive line coach & have him start throwing wrenches at all of them, and taking them into the streets of Chicago, to block oncoming traffic! Next off-season, focus on bringing in all new top tier veteran offensive linemen via free-agency & use the draft on nothing but offensive linemen!

First year for a rookie QB and new OC are tough. Established teams have years to practice execution in red zone. The bears just had the offseason.

I'm very disappointed in losing a winnable game, however the media and fans have been drunk with expectations. Caleb will learn at his own pace which will be faster than most imo. Given our GM and assistant GM are both OL by trade, I'm surprised that our OL is this dysfunctional at this point in the rebuild. Coaches aren't going anywhere and we have 14 more games...most teams win and lose games they shouldn't through the season and my money is on the Bears doing that too.

It's Waldrons fault, it's his decision to throw the ball 53 times against the worst run blocking defense as well as not utilize Rochon more

Same people blaming the coaching staff are the same ones who blamed our qb the last 3 years

I like Pep Hamilton and Jim Caldwell... they've both had success

Somebody needs to be held accountable. I do know this, I have been watching all sports for 45 years and when any team makes a good HC hire, the impact is felt immediately. Flus' record is horrible. Plenty of people carrying water for this guy citing bad roster, etc. I'm not buying it at all. Maybe Waldron is the correct choice, he certainly seemed to be a good choice 8 months ago. Something is not working, and between Flus or Waldron they need to get their heads out of their ass. Flus embarrassed himself on a few occasions Sunday with replay challenges and conversion decisions. He does not command any confidence. I do not know all the answers. I'm really bummed, it appears Bears have a good shot at NOT getting to 7 wins after all the new toys and the hype.

I don't know man, after watching another shambles offensive play calling it just doesn't make sense how the I-formation seems lost in the game strategy. I know the full back is injured, but how can any offense go into a game with out a strong running game focus, with a rookie QB at the helm. I just wonder if Eberflus felt that same cringing, face palm moments that I felt most of the way through the game. Halas must be rolling in his grave.

We knew what he was when we got him, with no O-Line it's going to suck no matter what.

I get your point Swifty, but to date Seahawks haven't missed a beat at 3-0. So if this awkward coaching persists by adjusting and knowing when to audible out of play that ain't right with the what the D is showing, then who goes? It won't be the OC again, so lets not judge until the break date for the Bears.

Klint Kubiak is right there with Slowik and Ben Johnson and I say He might be the best of the three options for the point you just made about being a rookie O.C. with limited or no Play-Calling experience. Klint has the Saints balling out of their minds using same system as Getsy Slowik & Waldron obviously coaching tree is big part of that. (Not saying Klint Kubiak would've done any better than Shane if you hand him a Rookie QB and not a 10-year vet like David Carr, Jared Goff or even Geno Smith.) Only Bobby Slowik and Kyle S. have made this scheme 'POP' with rookie QBs like Stroud and Purdy who both shocked the world by doing it as rookies. Both Niners and Texans had future HoF LT for their rooks.

😂 This freak out is hilarious.

Flus and C Mo are the problem. I never believed for a second Flus was a good hire.

I see an incredible lack of putting Williams in a position to achieve success. Some would think Pete Carrol was the brains of that operation out in Seattle and Waldron was just a yes boy. It’s looking likely so far.

Even if our o-line improves that Dosent mean our coaching improves and tbh we need a offensive minded head coach in my opinion they can’t be relying on Caleb to do this much especially this early in his rookie season

C-mo wasn't a Getsy guy, their only time together that I can find was here in Chicago. C-Mo is a Floose hire thru and thru, which is why Floose said the day Getsy got fired, that "We were retaining C-Mo no matter who got hired as the new O.C."

One week from today? Rams 27 - Bears 13 McVay outcoaches EberLoser. ⬇️🐻

OC Waldron should have seen enough of this O Line to know its dysfunctional. Make it easier for them to block at the goal line. 4th & 1 at the goal line chosing to run wide with ironically a RB named Swift ! Bonehead coaching call & that IS ON Waldron !

You are right... Rome wasn't built in one day.. O-Line is bad.. tho

I’d like to add a comment I look at other teams and when the quarterback gets on the sideline, they have coaches with them with an iPad talking over what the defense is doing in them and I see Caleb just looking up in the stars with no coaches going over play film and he’s just staring up. I don’t get it. You should be on the sideline breaking down what the defense is doing and analyzing it.

I'm not happy with the OC, but I might've lost all faith in the HC as well. He's not here to be the DC. If we weren't keeping getsy and fields and reset the most important position we should've hired a new HC as well

361 yard from the rookie that's what we been waiting for the bears offense will be OK once the rook get comfortable when Allen get back he will open up everything trust the process we have a rook QB

Its not Waldron, the greatest running backs in history couldn't get 2 yards per carry with this o-line....we need a few guys with a little fire in thier belly and be able to move people off the line!!!

The OL is a nuclear catastrophe

With the lousy Oline we can't tell much about the offense

Not even going to mention New Orleans being lights out on offense under Kubiak?

It's painfully obvious that the O line coach is inept. I don't know if the O line coach from Seattle was available when Waldron was named in OC. But you'd think that would be the way to go. Mote point now. Nevertheless we need someone the likes of coach Washington to come in and grab hold of this dumpster fire. And that's on Flus to get done immediately.

I love you Swifty, but the offense “looked like it was getting going in the 4th qrt” because the bears were down by multiple scores and they were allowing that. I don’t question Waldron being a good play caller….. but I do question whether Waldron can play call using his teams strengths and AVOIDING exploiting the weakness’s. If your O-line is the weak spot, why would you line up 9 yrds behind the line from the 1 yard line SMH. Wouldn’t it be smarter to use a RB who’s career average is 5 yrds or the other one who’s 20lbs heavier. WHY would you call 60 pass plays going up against the 32nd rush D AND missing their best player. If swift leads the backfield in Carries vs the Rams, I’ll right him off. Swift is averaging less then 2yrds a carry 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ it’s time to try something else

Give CMo some kind of worthless promotion and let Waldron hire his own oline coach and coordinator!!

I was happy with hiring Waldron but so far it hasn't look good for him only three games in see how he looks at mid-season.. I'm not happy with Eberflus lately though.

We need a o o line

Again, this isn't really a question of the OLine ... or Talent on the OLine, QB, or anyone else for that matter. This is a question of LEADERSHIP. Yes, the OLine is playing significantly worse than last year, and yes, Waldron has made some questionable calls. But all of this rests on getting the OLine to STEP UP. Brax, Tev, and Darnell have all slipped up repeatedly so far this year ... playing down to the Nate Davis level. While Sheldon hasn't lived up to the expectation at all. Someone HAS to kick these guys in the Arse and get them to play up to the expectation level they SHOULD be playing up to. They have the talent. We've all seen it. So what the hell is going on?!!

what people dont understand is pete caroll was the head coach just like andy reid they control they oc not the other way no1 but be3ars thought he was good seattle didnt want him just repeating what richard shearm said now i see

Seems he doesn’t know how to play to the strengths of the team. Waldron has not been good and nothing I see will change my mind that this whole staff is gone next year.

Completely agree. In Poles I trust. When does Bates get back?

When you throw the ball 50x swifty your mostly likely gonna have a good passing day.. Morgan needs to go this organization needs to spend BIG MONEY on oline. An draft all linemen

Sounds like ur making a case that they should have had him for JF!

I think Flus has too much of a hand in the offense and isn’t letting Shane be himself. You can’t tell me that goal line 4 handoffs in a row is Waldron… that smelled like Flus badly

Nope Klint Kubiak was we shit the bed

Anyone who has played the game knows that the game is won or loss through the trenches. Instead of drafting high-end position players we should have been drafting and working on both O and D lines first. Basic Football. Look at all the greatest dynasties. They are all real good O Line and a great D line. I will say this again! We should have traded down the last draft and acquired more real estate. Think about the players we could have drafted on both lines.

Waldron was never a great caller in Seattle. Hilarious how many people were so "excited" about Gerald Everett as a te2 lol. A position that. Rarely matters. He has fone nothing. Waldron may have made for a decent geno smith but never had a great offensive or used his best guys properly. Dk is having his best start ever without waldron. Hell there offense is betterbwithout.

I would like to know "Did Waldren make the choice to Not Play the offense this preseason come from him, or above his head. I think it came from above his head tbh.

The should have axed Flus.

Swifty if the damn Bears coaches - I mean you Waldrop - were as smart as you or worked as diligently as you we would not have this problem. I disagree re the Waldron helping Geno. That was the work of Canales.

Yeah the overreactions is crazy

Then fire Morgan!

this is good shit

With the oline being bad for the last years why did we keep Morgan he is a bad teacher

Great breakdown Swifty

FTA

It’s time for flus to go

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No. Terrible coaches