The Chicago Bears will find themselves in a head coaching fog as they prepare to make one of the most important decisions in franchise history as the NFL Draft approaches.
They must decide whether to keep Justin Fields at QB and have hired innovative offensive mind and former Seattle Seahawks coordinator Shane Waldron as their new offensive coordinator, hoping to help take Fields’ game to the next level.
Or maybe the former Ohio State signal-caller, who had his ups and downs in Chicago but lacks consistency when it comes to practice, ends up being a truly dynamic No. 1 WR in 2023 in DJ Moore. In this case, all signs point to the Chicago Bears selecting Caleb Williams with the first overall pick in April’s draft.
The combination of Williams and Waldron seems like a smart move and a plan for the future, but only time will tell.On the defensive side of the ball, the Bears are looking for a new coordinator, with Bears head coach Matt Eberflus taking over the team’s defensive coordinator duties after Alan Williams resigned a few weeks into the 2023 season.
Chicago has gone from a small lineup to one of the best defenses in the NFL since an offseason trade for elite pass rusher Montez Sweat, but Eberflus clearly wants to focus on being the head coach in his biggest year of his tenure with the Bears.
The big question: Will this big move help the Bears get past the rival Packers, who have won the last nine regular-season meetings between the two NFC North teams? may be. However, one Bears writer believes the major move Green Bay just made will directly help Chicago moving forward.
Most Packers fans were happy with the firing of defensive coordinator Joe Barry earlier this week, but according to one sportswriter, his defense has given up on his big play, wasting talent and exiting the offensive coordinator of the opponent. surveillance. The move was the best thing that ever happened to Bear.According to Gene Chamberlain, who covers the Bears for SI, the Packers firing Barry would be a huge boost for Chicago’s future.
Barry’s Packers defense routed the Bears for their sixth straight loss. Of course, Aaron Rodgers had four of them. Aaron Rodgers did not throw or cover a punt.Joe Barry was the Packers defensive coordinator from 2021 to 2023. The Chicago Bears scored more than 20 points once against the Packers in those six games. In 6 games, the score was only 17 points. In today’s NFL, a team usually doesn’t win a game if they score 17 points.
The only NFL teams averaging less than 17 this year are the Jets, Patriots, Giants and Panthers. This group did not have many wins, only 29.By the end of this season, a 17-9 loss at Lambeau Field was the closest they had come to beating the Packers with Barry as defensive coordinator.
The bottom line is that since Justin Fields has been the Bears quarterback for all six games, it would be easy to target him. Or you could blame the Bears’ inept offense, even with two different offensive coordinators and head coaches.
However, Barry was the defensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins in 2015 and 2016 and beat the Bears both seasons.With this, he continues his personal 8 game winning streak against three managers. Chamberlain made a good point and even suggested that the Chicago Bears should hire Joe Barry in some capacity. Only time will tell if whoever is brought in to advance the Packers defense can continue.
