Sure sounds like Bears got the full treatment of former Seahawks OC Shane Waldron

Shane Waldron was a failure as the Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator from 2021 through 2023. Maybe that is a harsh description, but how else can we explain Waldron being let go by the team after just three seasons as the OC while the team was demoting head coach Pete Carroll? Waldron was part of the problem.

Only once did the Seattle offense rank in the top ten in the NFL in points, and that was ninth in 2022. The team tumbled to 17 in 2023. This was the case even though Seattle had the same quarterback, Geno Smith, as the year before, and star running back Kenneth Walker III was entering his second season. The team also had receivers DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett.

Waldron took the tools given to him and somehow made them worse. Not that many Seahawks players will tell anyone what they really thought, though. Jaxon Smith-Njigba did a wonderful job of answering without answering this past offseason when he was asked about what he thought of the Chicago Bears hiring Waldron. JSN at first asked if the broadcast was live. He didn't stop there.

Shane Waldron failed to change after leaving the Seattle Seahawks for the Chicago Bears

JSN continued by saying, "Good luck to y'all." The implication was that JSN did not believe Waldron would do a good job with Chicago. And Waldron didn't.

The former offensive coordinator failed to do the same things he failed to do in Seattle. He was atrocious at making in-game adjustments, for instance. If the original game plan was not working, Waldron seemed to have no Plan B. Oftentimes, he would double down on the problem. If the passing game was not working, he would throw the ball even more in the second half. His drive-to-drive adjustments were non-existent.

Bears wide receiver DJ Moore confirmed Waldron failed to adjust. He told the media this week, "When we wanted to make an adjustment, we waited 'til halftime to make it."

Much like with the Seahawks, Waldron also got far too pass-happy with a rookie quarterback, Caleb Williams, who had little time to adapt to the NFL without any support from the run game. This is the case, even though the Bears added D'Andre Swift this offseason to help with whatever rookie quarterback the team took in the 2024 NFL draft.

Waldron doesn't deserve to be an offensive coordinator. He has now failed with two teams and seemingly does not understand how to build a good run-to-pass ratio. Luckily, Seahawks fans no longer have to worry about him working in Seattle.

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