Why Bears’ top playmakers are excited about new OC Shane Waldron originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
LAS VEGAS – The Bears’ offense lacked consistency, creativity, and explosiveness in 2023. It was, to be frank, disappointing.
Despite a career-year from star wide receiver DJ Moore and another strong season from tight end Cole Kmet, the Bears’ offense never found it’s identity in 2023.
Call it a lack of execution. Call it poor coaching. It doesn’t matter.
The offense wasn’t good enough, especially through the air last season, and as a result head coach Matt Eberflus and general manager Ryan Poles fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy and several members of his offensive staff.
Eberflus and Poles quickly embarked on a thorough search for their next offensive coordinator, and landed on Shane Waldron, who spent the last three seasons as the OC for the Seattle Seahawks.
Waldron has the play-calling bona fides the Bears desperately needed to find when replacing Getsy. Waldron is well-respected across the league. He is seen as adaptable, creative, and an “elite” play-caller who molds his offense to fit what his personnel does best.
While the quarterback Waldron will be working with is still unknown, the Bears’ playmakers are excited about the man tasked with being the architect of their new-look offense.
“We text back and forth and I can’t wait to get in the building with him and see what we got cooking,” wide receiver DJ Moore told NBC Sports Chicago at Radio Row for Super Bowl 58. “Just looking, looking at the film from the Seahawks, there is a lot of excitement. They did a lot of different things, kept teams on their toes and, you know, just looking at the three receivers they had, they all did different things. And you couldn’t just hone in on one of them.”
Waldron and his staff in Seattle built an explosive offense around wide receivers D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, as well as tight ends Noah Fant, Colby Parkinson, and Will Dissly.
Moore…
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Publish date : 2024-02-10 18:47:42
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