Head coach Matt Eberflus deserves credit. The Chicago Bears head coach faces a tough task this off-season. Not only did he gut the offensive coaching staff, but he’d have to rebuild it with a cloud hanging over him. One that suggested one more losing season could see him get fired. Nobody wants to work for a head coach who’s job is in jeopardy. Well, it appears he and GM Ryan Poles had no such issues. Over the past month, the two have collaborated on piecing together a new staff, headlined by offensive coordinator Shane Waldron.
It’s hard not to like their approach. Kerry Joseph took over as quarterbacks coach. He is a former NFL and CFL quarterback with almost two decades of experience. Wide receivers coach Chris Beatty soon followed. He’s succeeded at every level, from high school to college and into the NFL. Percy Harvin, Jordan Matthews, D.J. Moore, and Jordan Addison were some of the notable names he mentored. Now, the staff seems to have rounded it with two more names.
Former Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Thomas Brown joins as the new passing game coordinator. Many view him as one of the rising young stars in coaching circles. He was the running backs coach for the Rams during their Super Bowl run in 2021. Before that, he had a productive stint as offensive coordinator for the Miami Hurricanes, where he showed a knack for coaching up young QBs.
He is joined by Chad Morton, the former Seattle Seahawks running backs coach who worked with Waldron for the past three years.
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The Chicago Bears have built a well-blended staff.
While the new arrivals are mostly on the younger side, they all have proven experience elsewhere and solid track records. Brown flashed potential in an otherwise ugly year with Carolina, helping rookie Bryce Young deliver a strong 312-yard and three-TD performance against the eventual playoff-bound Green Bay Packers. He’s also coached tight ends and running backs. Morton has done solid work in Seattle since 2017, helping players like Chris Carson and Kenneth Walker have standout seasons despite constant issues with the offensive line.
It’s hard not to feel like this staff is far superior to what the Chicago Bears had the past two seasons. Waldron brings much more credibility as a playcaller. His new assistants also have significantly more experience at their respective jobs than the group Eberflus dismissed a few weeks ago. Better still, most of them have worked in the style of offense Chicago wants to run. Waldron, Brown, and Morton all understand the wide-zone system well.
More than anything, it’s obvious the Bears are putting together a group that leans heavily into the passing game. They aim to have coaches qualified to develop a young quarterback.
Rocketrider, this is poles show now. fluss is a rubber stamp for what poles is deciding, given the train wreck he hired, may be the best thing for fluss, but poles rubber stamped the last crew too.
I feel like Flus is getting to pick from a much better group of coaches this time compared to when he was hired. Last time he only had so many choices to pick from. Not many experienced OCs were available so he went with Getsy who had never called plays before but came from a winning system. Now it seams like their getting experienced guys, that have worked in the same system they have been running, as not to start the whole Offense in something new. Just some tweaks and better play calling could make a big difference. Along with… Read more »
PoochPest, i really don’t disagree with much of what you say, I was only pointing out the league seems to not blame getsy as much. I do blame him more as i think he failed to adapt his program to fields, and wanted fields to adapt to him. My guess is he knows the wide zone as applied to Rodger’s like QBs, i don’t think he is very adaptable. This brings me to fluss and poles and what the heck they are thinking bringing Aaron Rodger’s offense for fields, the skill set is not a match. I will say fields… Read more »
@amv74 Thanks for your views. I saw the same thing, no passes over the middle, intermediate zones. Every good offensive team exploited the seams in the zones. So I asked why? What I saw was that DJ Moore was their best slot receiver, the best over the middle, the best on the sidelines, the best deep. Great, but one guy can’t run every route in ever play for every series. So where were these “other” young receivers? But even more importantly, what about the tight ends and running backs over the middle – short? So everything goes back to Getsy.… Read more »
TGena, I agree with you about Fields’ coaches trying to teach him the “tried & true.” Then, as you mentioned, in the offseason Vick was in his ear. That IS a big problem, cause what worked in college doesn’t work in the NFL. Fields needs to spend his offseason learning his coaches style, whoever they might be. Not getting pulverized on a regular basis would help. Our Oline is solid in the run game, and that’s it. If not for Fields’ mobility, the QB position wouldn’t stand a chance. There is potential with the guys we got, but lots of… Read more »