Current:Home > reviewsBears fire offensive coordinator Shane Waldron amid stretch of 23 drives without a TD -Wealth Evolution Experts
Bears fire offensive coordinator Shane Waldron amid stretch of 23 drives without a TD
View
Date:2025-04-19 01:57:42
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! (2)
Related
- McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
- Watch two sea lions venture back into the ocean after rehabilitating in California
- Rep. George Santos is facing a vote on his expulsion from Congress as lawmakers weigh accusations
- The AP Interview: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new phase as winter looms
- Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
- Activists Condemn Speakers at The New York Times’ Dealbook Summit for Driving Climate Change and Call for Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza
- Former UK Treasury chief Alistair Darling, who steered nation through a credit crunch, has died
- Could advertisers invade our sleep? 'Dream Scenario' dives into fears, science of dreaming
- Israel lets Palestinians go back to northern Gaza for first time in over a year as cease
- Former Marine pleads guilty to firebombing Southern California Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022
Ranking
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Rumer Willis Shares Empowering Message About Avoiding Breastfeeding Shame
- Shane MacGowan, irascible frontman of The Pogues, has died at age 65
- Longtime Kentucky lawmaker Kevin Bratcher announces plans to seek a metro council seat in Louisville
- Appeals court scraps Nasdaq boardroom diversity rules in latest DEI setback
- Mystery dog illness: What to know about the antibiotic chloramphenicol as a possible cure
- US says Mexican drug cartel was so bold in timeshare fraud that some operators posed as US officials
- US prosecutors say plots to assassinate Sikh leaders were part of a campaign of planned killings
Recommendation
Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
The Excerpt podcast: Dolly Parton isn't just a country music star; she's a rock star now too
Underwater video shows Navy spy plane's tires resting on coral after crashing into Hawaii bay
Piers Morgan Says Kate Middleton, King Charles Named for Alleged Skin Color Comments to Harry, Meghan
FACT FOCUS: Inspector general’s Jan. 6 report misrepresented as proof of FBI setup
Why Kris Jenner Wasn’t “Very Happy” About Kourtney Kardashian’s Public Pregnancy Reveal
University of Minnesota Duluth senior defensive lineman dies of genetic heart condition
Country music star to perform at Kentucky governor’s inauguration