The Bears Will Not Go Anywhere With Matt Eberflus and Shane Waldron Running Things

At one point, you had to get the feeling that Chicago Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams would have been better off saying a Hail Mary rather than the snap cadence.

He was under duress most of the game as the lowly New England Patriots sacked Caleb nine times. Somewhere, you could just see the principal from Ferris Bueller's Day Off thinking that was amazing, considering the Patriots were leading the Tankathon standings.

If the Pats are lowly, what does that make the Chicago Bears?

The simple answer is a disaster that is not close to hitting rock bottom. If you think losing to the Patriots 19-3 at Soldier Field was a bottom, just remember the Bears play the toughest schedule over the rest of the season.

The upcoming stretch of schedule has gone from a gauntlet to a mission impossible. You have a banged-up offensive line to blame, but mostly, the blame rests on the two men in charge of how this team plays on the field--head coach and defensive play-caller Matt Eberflus and offensive coordinator Shane Waldron.

As long as Eberflus and Waldron are calling the shots, you might as well drink a lot of shots to get through this season.

What was on display at Soldier Field was beyond pathetic.

Playing with four offensive linemen including the starting two tackles out, Waldron thought it was a great idea to keep asking Caleb to drop back in the pocket and wait for his wide receivers to come open.

New England's defense may not have been the best the NFL has to offer, but it certainly was good enough to have its way with an offensive line put together by the equivalent of chewing gum and Elmer's glue.

Running the ball and pass plays that demanded quick throws was the way to go. Instead, Waldron must have found some old Mike Martz or Matt Nagy strategies because the result of all the dropbacks was Williams taking a beating that only Jay Cutler and Justin Fields can relate to

That was not a game plan, that was negligence, and general manager Ryan Poles and team president Kevin Warren should have greeted Waldron with a pink slip after the game.

The fact that the head coach signed off on this offensive game plan and then put Caleb in the game for the second week in a row during the last two minutes with nothing to play for should have earned him his walking papers.

This is the Bears, and since Papa Bear George Halas never fired a coach midseason, his heirs, the McCaskeys, will do the same. Even worse, the only way a coordinator gets shown the door midseason is if human resources demands his actions are so egregious that he must go.

That is why a season with playoff aspirations is going to go bust. The offense is too inept and too banged up to score points to keep up with the likes of the Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings.

Brace yourself, Bears fans, because Green Bay is about to come into town well-rested and ready to continue its rivalry dominance. That is because the Packers are well-coached and have an offensive play-caller who understands what he can and cannot do with his available personnel. All the things the Bears do not have.

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