Possible Bears OC combinations for Drake Maye, Justin Fields, or Caleb Williams
How do I do on the meeting? Moore said, “I give it an A-plus.” “It was honest and open.” I told them what was good.
They told me what they really thought about my year and everything. We’re not going to talk about that until it turns out later. Then you can see what happens.
Moore then talked about Joe Burrow’s first season playing for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2020, after being picked first in the draft. During Burrow’s first season, the Bengals lost two of the eight games he started.
Burrow hurt his left knee within Week 11 when the Bengals’ offensive line failed to defend him. The ACL and MCL were torn.
The Bears have a great chance and a possible problem because they have the first pick to the draft over the second year in a row. The 2024 locker room feels like they’re close to winning and seems to be behind Fields.
Poles’ scouts might tell them to pick USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye with the first pick.
Moore has a point about Burrow’s first season, but the Bengals nevertheless made the right choice when they picked him in the draft.
By his second season, he was one of the best players in the NFL. There were two more rounds for the Bengals, and they made it to Super Bowl LVI, but lost the game to the Los Angeles Rams.
In the NFL, bad quarterback play is the thing that causes the most change. Everyone in charge of the team, including coaches, gets fired every year because of it.
Fields is in the same league as Kenny Pickett while Zach Wilson this season in terms of EPA per pass play.
Fields was the 24th best quarterback this season based on QBR, the 22nd best based on passer rating, the 29th best based on completion %, the 23rd best based on passing yards per game, and the 26th best based on adjusted netting yards per attempt.
After meeting for more than 48 hours for what president and CEO Kevin Warren called a “big-picture, methodical” review, the Bears chose the road with the smallest chance of success.
The Bears fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko, wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert, and defensive backs coach Omar Young on Wednesday. This was kind of like getting rid of everyone on the offensive staff.
By doing this, the Bears made it clear that they want to keep head coach Matt Eberflus for a third season. This makes it hard for the coach, the team, and the quarterback (whoever that is).
The Bears will be asking Eberflus to win in what is sure to be a close season if they bring him in without extending his deal. That will make it very hard for Eberlfus to hire a good attacking team that people want.
Getsy wasn’t able to make a system that worked for quarterback Justin Fields’ skills. There was never a good time to pair Getsy and Fields together.
As a result, the offense was chaotic and lacked flow and timing. There was also no clear plan or execution.
It was a small move by the Bears to keep Eberflus but dismiss the offensive staff. This shows that the team doesn’t think it can act like the charter club it says it is.
When the Bears keep Eberflus but change the offensive staff, they are either going to make Fields learn a third system to four years, or they are going to use the first overall pick to pick a new quarterback to pair with a coach who is under fire.
For starters, Fields should be praised for putting in a huge number of hours to improve his footwork, movements, timing, and knowledge of Getsy’s system, as well as what the OC wanted, why things happened, and the general plan of attack and his part in it.
This year, Fields talked about how staying in the same framework for two years straight helped him grow in Year 3.
It wouldn’t be fair to request Fields to learn the rules all over again while also taking another big step toward becoming a star quarterback in 2024.
For one year, you have to learn everything there is to know about a system and its language. That’s quite a lot to ask of a qb who has started 38 games but continues to try to show that he can be a great quarterback.