Current:Home > ScamsBears fire offensive coordinator Shane Waldron amid stretch of 23 drives without a TD -Trailblazer Capital Learning
Bears fire offensive coordinator Shane Waldron amid stretch of 23 drives without a TD
View
Date:2025-04-16 14:26:06
The Chicago Bears have fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron amidst their three-game losing streak.
Waldron joined Bears head coach Matt Eberflus' staff last offseason as the team's new offensive play-caller. He took over the offense from Luke Getsy, who was fired after the 2023 season and joined the Las Vegas Raiders' coaching staff this year.
About one week after the Raiders fired Getsy, Waldron became the second offensive coordinator to be fired in the middle of the 2024 season.
"After evaluating our entire operation, I decided that it is in the best interest of our team to move in a different direction with the leadership of our offense. This decision was well-thought-out, one that was conducted deliberately and respectfully," Eberflus said in a statement. "I would like to thank Shane for his efforts and wish him the best moving forward."
OPINION:Chicago Bears will ruin Caleb Williams if they're not careful
All things Bears: Latest Chicago Bears news, schedule, roster, stats, injury updates and more.
The writing had been on the wall for Waldron as the Bears lost three consecutive games and failed to string together successful scoring drives. Chicago's offense has scored the ninth-fewest points per game in the NFL and has totaled the third-fewest yards per game.
Following the team's 19-3 loss to the New England Patriots in Week 10, the Bears had gone 23 consecutive possessions without scoring a touchdown.
The Bears announced Tuesday morning that passing game coordinator Thomas Brown will take over as the interim offensive coordinator for the remainder of the season.
veryGood! (472)
Related
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- U.N. climate talks head says no science backs ending fossil fuels. That's incorrect
- Meg Ryan pokes fun at Billy Crystal, Missy Elliott praises Queen Latifah at Kennedy Center Honors
- Police in Greece allege that rap singer blew up and robbed cash machines to pay for music videos
- What to watch: O Jolie night
- 4 arrested in honor killing of 18-year-old Pakistani woman after doctored photo with her boyfriend goes viral
- Horoscopes Today, December 2, 2023
- Global warming could cost poor countries trillions. They’ve urged the UN climate summit to help
- Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
- At UN climate talks, fossil fuel interests have hundreds of employees on hand
Ranking
- John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
- Bowl projections: Texas, Alabama knock Florida State out of College Football Playoff
- Goodyear Blimp coverage signals pickleball's arrival as a major sport
- Authorities say heavy rains and landslides in Tanzania kill at least 47 and hurt or strand many more
- Intel's stock did something it hasn't done since 2022
- In the Amazon, Indigenous women bring a tiny tribe back from the brink of extinction
- Historian Evan Thomas on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
- Historian Evan Thomas on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Recommendation
A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
'We do not have insurance. We have an insurance bill': Condos hit with 563% rate increase
Deebo Samuel backs up trash talk with dominant outing in 49ers' romp against Eagles
Stock market today: Shares mixed in Asia ahead of updates on jobs, inflation
'Vanderpump Rules' star DJ James Kennedy arrested on domestic violence charges
Father of slain 6-year-old Palestinian American boy files wrongful death lawsuit
Egg suppliers ordered to pay $17.7 million by federal jury for price gouging in 2000s
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum ends 2024 Republican presidential bid days before the fourth debate