Ben Johnson is the apple of Chicago Bears fans’ eyes. The Detroit Lions offensive coordinator is considered the heavy favorite for the job now that Mike Vrabel appears to be filling the void in New England. However, the race isn’t over yet. Both the Jacksonville Jaguars and Las Vegas Raiders seem determined to make strong pushes for his services. That means if Chicago wants him, they will have to make a concerted effort to make it happen. At the same time, it might be wise if they have contingency plans in case he goes elsewhere.
Courtney Cronin of ESPN has kept close tabs on the team’s plan for the ongoing search. She uncovered that they would end their unusual practice of flying coaches in via regular airplanes rather than private jets. When asked on Waddle & Silvy who her prediction was for the next man in charge, Cronin did go with an offensive guy. It wasn’t Johnson, though.
Joe Brady is somewhat overlooked by Chicago Bears fans.
That is rather surprising since he fits the criteria of what they want: a young offensive innovator who knows how to maximize the quarterback position. He’s been doing this over the past five years, starting in 2019 when he helped Joe Burrow win a Heisman and national championship at LSU. That earned him an opportunity in Carolina, where he got a career-high 3700 passing yards from Teddy Bridgewater. He resurfaced last year in Buffalo, earning a promotion to offensive coordinator. Now Josh Allen is in the MVP conversation.
There is no denying, based on the evidence available, that Brady could be great for Caleb Williams. The concern lay with his experience. He’s only 35. Many wonder if he has the maturity and knowledge to command a locker room of grown men, some of whom would be older than him. Does he have enough connections to build a capable staff? These are issue the Chicago Bears will address when they get a chance to speak with him at some point in the coming week or so.
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@Rocketrider I agree that Caleb is not a QB we want to run like Fields was. But Brady coached Burrows so he knows how to construct a playbook that takes advantage of CWs strengths.
Whoever the HC and OC are, they need to work with Caleb on deep throw accuracy. In order for the Bears offense to reach its potential, he has to throw a better deep ball. Of course, the Bears need to be able to run so Caleb can play action and have time to throw a deep pass.
They need to put someone who can be a head coach, Eberflus was a good cheerleader and coordinator I guess, but he wasn’t a head coach. I’m worried about the people choosing the coach again. I mean when Poles took over, Denver, Washington, Texas and the Chargers were looking bad. Now their trajectory arrow is up and pointing up while the Bears has a big question mark next to it. If the Bears would have fired Eberflus at the end of the season last year and hired Harbaugh we would probably still be playing in the playoffs.
Brady is great at calling for Josh to run the ball for 75 yards a game. CW not that kind of QB. Not saying he would be bad, but don’t think he will turn the Bears into Buffalo. Completely different team. Brady needs a few more years of experience before he will be ready to be a HC.
I would take neither a player, a coach, nor a woman from Buffalo.
This interview btw was done mid last week, right after the Pete Carroll interview.