Thomas Brown’s solution to fixing the broken Bears offense includes meetings.

According to SI.com’s Albert Breer, Brown changed the way the Bears faced this week to bring the entire offense together.

“One of the first things Thomas Brown did over the last few days was emphasize having full unit meetings rather than splitting into position groups,” Breer said ahead of Thursday’s Eagles-Commanders game. “The hope is that it can bring the group together to try to find solutions.”

This is a move that can prevent the entire unit from being backstabbed and divided, as it’s easier to build animosity when everyone is in their own small groups, rather than constantly seeing the other players they work with on the field. Establishes communication lines.

Breer also said Caleb Williams wasn’t considered developed enough as a point guard when the season started.

Breer painted a picture where many people, from players to coaches, were beginning to doubt Williams, and they needed to get everyone together, working in the same direction. So the meeting changed.

The problem with all of this, of course, was that they won three games in a row, and they did so four weeks into their season.

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So if Williams wasn’t ready to be a QB to begin with, how did he suddenly become ready in Week 4 when they began racking up consecutive wins against the Rams, Panthers and Jaguars? These three teams may not have made it to the play-offs, but they didn’t stay winless either.

The Bears could not beat these three teams that played alone on defense. Williams has a passer rating of 3-6. He was 106 between weeks, but that was actually a case of regression or failure to take the next step rather than a player who was hopelessly outmatched at the start. Because a player who was this unprepared to begin with could never suddenly be ready until Week 4.

They were not meeting all together, but in position groups when it was 4-2.
So it remains to be seen how much this helps.

It’s never bad to reset when things start to fall apart, but if the move was made to unite the team then it’s probably too late.

When something bad happens again, they return to their previous discontent.

Once the spiral begins it can sometimes be stopped or slowed down, but completely reversing direction is never a simple task.

And if the feeling is widespread that Williams isn’t and isn’t ready, then it will be nearly impossible for veteran players to return to the team, no matter who the offensive coordinator is.

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