Shane Waldron to Remain Bears' Play-Caller amid Struggles by Caleb Williams, Offense

The Chicago Bears have lost two straight games amid significant offensive struggles, but the franchise that has never fired a head coach in-season and is historically known for being more reactive than proactive is not making any significant play-calling changes heading into Week 10 against the New England Patriots.

Head coach Matt Eberflus confirmed Monday that Chicago is not taking play-calling duties away from offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, per ESPN's Courtney Cronin.

"We're looking to find answers, and that's where we're at collectively as a group, offense and defense," Eberflus said. "We'll go through that process here today, tomorrow and implement that plan on Wednesday."

It has been quite the two weeks for the Bears since their Week 7 bye.

Everything seemed to be trending in the right direction after they improved to 4-2 with a blowout win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams looked like a star in the making with four touchdown passes, and the team went into the bye with plenty of momentum.

Then, everything changed.

Jayden Daniels stunned Chicago with a game-winning Hail Mary in the final play of the Washington Commanders' 18-15 win on Oct. 27 to cap off a sequence of coaching that can only be described as brutal.

The Bears gave Washington a free 13 yards on the penultimate play by not defending anything except the end zone, which put Daniels in position to throw the Hail Mary. They also didn't call a timeout to go over their strategy in a chaotic sequence and chose to both not blitz the rookie and, for some unknown reason, keep a quarterback spy near the line of scrimmage for the Hail Mary.

The result was cornerback Tyrique Stevenson batting the ball into the air, and it fell into the waiting hands of Noah Brown. Stevenson did so after taunting the Washington fans as the play was going on, which led to his benching for the ensuing game against the Arizona Cardinals.

Rather than rallying after a shocking loss, the Bears then went out and lost 29-9 to the Cardinals.

While the Hail Mary made the headlines, Chicago could have won the Washington game well before that with better offense and play-calling. Williams went just 10-of-24 for 131 yards, and the Bears turned the ball over at the goal line in the fourth quarter when Waldron decided it was a good idea to hand the ball off to a backup offensive lineman Doug Kramer instead of a running back.

Waldron then doubled down on the play and told reporters he would perhaps call it again if the situation presented itself.

There weren't a lot of goal-line situations for the Bears against the Cardinals, as the team failed to score a touchdown, managed a grand total of 241 yards of offense and went 3-of-14 on third down.

Williams was sacked six times, while running back D'Andre Swift averaged just 3.2 yards per carry.

Some of the Bears players already met with Waldron to express their frustration in September, and it has now reached the point where multiple players have publicly called out Eberflus and the coaching staff. That was especially the case after the Hail Mary loss to the Commanders.

Yet Chicago is going to stay the course when it comes to play-calling for the game against the Patriots.