The Chicago Bears continue breaking traditions this season. It started when they drafted a quarterback #1 overall, which had never happened in franchise history. Then, they chose to start him immediately, which has also never happened. However, the biggest moment came when Matt Eberflus was fired on Black Friday, marking the first time in over a century of existence that the Bears dismissed a coach midseason. Thomas Brown has taken over as interim for the rest of the year. Now, the obvious question is being asked.
What happens next?
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN shed some light on this. The belief is the remaining five games will be a wide open audition for Brown. If he can get the team going down the stretch, the Bears are open to keeping him in that spot moving forward. Beyond that, the plans are relatively straightforward.
Bears interim coach Thomas Brown will continue to call plays while in his new role after Chicago fired Matt Eberflus on Friday. That’s good news for quarterback Caleb Williams, who has played better in three games with Brown as his play caller.
I suspect Brown, the team’s former pass-game coordinator who has been promoted twice in 17 days, will get a real look at the role long term. He’s well-respected, has interviewed for several head-coaching jobs and has acquitted himself well in the process. The Bears probably will cast the expected wide net, and while an offensive mind would be helpful for Williams, experience calling plays is not a prerequisite for the job.
The Chicago Bears are focused on Caleb Williams.
They realize they have a legitimate franchise-caliber quarterback on their hands. He’s been terrific over the past three weeks, throwing five touchdowns, no interceptions, and leading three consecutive 4th quarter comebacks against division rivals. Maximizing his immense potential is priority one for this organization. Brown already has a head start on that since he took over the offense before the Green Bay game. After another outstanding season in Detroit, Ben Johnson is the hot name on the upcoming circuit. Joe Brady, Kliff Kingsbury, Todd Monken, and Liam Coen also figure to get attention. Rumors are the Chicago Bears brass would like to make a splash of some kind.
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What that will be is undetermined. It’s too early to tell. Still, they seem to have a clear plan of attack. Things will become clear after the season finale just over a month from now. All eyes are on Brown. It’s his job to lose.
The Thomas Brown evaluation is going to be a tough one. If he doesn’t do well, he’s calling plays from mostly Waldron’s offense and without his chosen staff. If he does do pretty well, the question becomes, fan he build a better staff with his guys? Is the offense that he prefers to implement a better offense from the current scheme that he’s pulling plays from? These are all valid questions, and I’m not so sure he has enough experience to have good enough connections to build a competent Coaching Staff on both sides of the ball. He’s not established… Read more »
The Bears are also focused on building a new stadium in Chicago. That should tell you everything you need to know about the Chicago Bears and their ability to focus on the correct things and execute based on that focus. Warren and Poles need to go. Let someone hire successful professionals for a change.
I think everyone needs to take a deep breath and look at the big picture. Under T. Brown, the offense never got a 1st down the entire 1st half against Detroit. They’re still no quick short slant routes incorporated into the scheme, there is NO Running game, this is under Thomas Brown. I understand most fans don’t expect them to get this right, early signs indicate that theory to be a very real possibility, I’m not sold on Brown when considering the results, no one gives a flying puck about motivation, it’s all about results, if I had to choose… Read more »
Dear Mr. Brown, please re-establish the running game beyond just using Swift. But don’t use local C Kramer as a RB.
Aaron Rodgers shall snort the spice and ride the giant worm to become the ruler of Chicago.