Shane Waldron’s brief tenure in Chicago was a disaster, and the Bears wasted no time moving on. After just nine games in the 2024 season, the team fired him—a rare in-season move for the franchise, highlighting just how poorly things went. However, new details continue to emerge about the turmoil inside the Bears locker room, particularly regarding Waldron’s relationship with Caleb Williams.
There had been speculation about tension between the two, but an episode of Making Monsters by 2nd City Gridiron shed more light on just how strange their dynamic became. Taylor Doll, host of the Making Monsters podcast, shared some shocking details about the situation with Shane Waldron.
Reportedly, before Waldron was fired, Caleb Williams had to seek outside resources to review film because Waldron was not doing it with him. Williams even went as far as creating his own film study room to make up for the lack of coaching from Waldron.
“He built his own film study room because Shane Waldron was not going over film with him.
Despite the chaos, Williams still managed to put together a fairly productive rookie season, which makes his performance even more impressive.
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That’s why hiring Ben Johnson this offseason is such a huge win for both Williams and the Bears. With a significant coaching upgrade, the entire offense should benefit. Johnson has also assembled a strong staff around him, giving Williams the best possible support to take a big step forward next season.
If you’d like to listen to the full episode, here’s the link! I highly recommend it—Taylor did an amazing job, as always.
@citizen34 — Using the familiar “Studs and Duds” format, let’s add Kevin Warren’s name to the Studs category; and both Ryan Poles and Ian Cunningham to the Duds group. HC Ben might save Poles’ job this season — but I’m concerned that Ian is having such a difficult time finding gainful employment, in the league. It’s almost as if NFL teams are scheduling Cunningham for live interviews simply to comply with the Rooney rule. Either way, look for Kevin Warren to view this season with a very critical eye. After all, it is (as Dr. Steven Sallie points out) GM… Read more »
Also, does the org not have a centralized server on which film is accessible to every player, like every other NFL team does? Is the claim here that Caleb literally did not have access to game tape??
@Krisanthony You are correct, the leak is somewhere between misleading and a flat-out lie. As bad as sports media is, the reason why you shop that claim to some podcasting chud instead of credentialed press is to evade scrutiny.
It is objectively hilarious that the leak is that Caleb “built” (with his bare hands and grit, I presume) the study room, not that he’s been using it.
It was a sad, mad, bad, Bears world. Time for radical change here. The time has come: It’s a New Time It’s a New Day.