No one was asked to bench Caleb Williams or fire OK Bears tackle

It might be naive to think that expressing frustration wouldn’t lead to some kind of move, but coach Matt Eberflus portrayed it as a decision he made on his own.

“I mean, at the end of the day, the guys at the top are going to do what they do,” Moore said. “Like, this is out of our pay grade.

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“We just go out there and play this game. And whatever happens out there with their decision, we just have to live by it and go with it.”

Caleb Williams is the focal point of everything about the Bears offense, and it would be reasonable to suspect a quarterback could cause problems by complaining about the OC. But Williams, beyond being disappointed with his and his offensive players’ efforts, said nothing of the sort happened.

“I think their frustration was shown and seen,” Williams said. “But there’s not a lot of contribution that I bring, like contribution and things like that, being a young guy and being a goalie and trying to go out there and make plays for guys and win for the Bears, those things can impact a lot of things.” Because of your decisions.”

Williams himself was also the subject of a complaint in a report by Marc Silverman of ESPN AM-1000. He tweeted that some veterans wanted to see Tyson Bagent play point guard.

“And look, I’ve seen some things about veterans asking him to sit out,” Cole Kmet said. “All these conversations were about trying to help him wherever possible and finding solutions. Look, the guys are frustrated.”

When asked if veterans would like to be benched, Kmet laughed at the thought.

“Yeah, no, that’s not happening,” Kmet said.

Moore said Williams’ situation was actually the exact opposite of what was reported, and that players were backing their QB even more with their offensive tackles, especially after all the sacks he took as a rookie.

“You have to support him no matter what,” Moore said. “He goes out there, works his ass off, tries to learn everything at once, and defenses are going hard on him.

“So you can’t really be mad at him. You still have to support him. Whatever he’s doing, it’s going to get better, and we’re here for him.”

Williams himself said he has received nothing but good support from veteran players.

“I think these guys are good, easy,” he said. “We’re talking about it. I have full support from them. I’ve got messages or calls or people coming to me about this situation that just happened, people saying we’ve got your back with you, things like that and ‘let’s go.’ “That kind of mentality and attitude has been there for the last few days.”

The source of their disappointment in the offense was obviously not being able to reach the end zone.

“Everything in general,” Moore said. “We didn’t score in about three games. Now, even if we tried harder, we see that it wasn’t good enough.

“So that’s where the frustration comes in.”

Moore described some of the issues they’ve encountered in play calling, specifically regarding something some players thought could work.

“What I’m probably saying is we’re probably too late when we wanted to talk or we wanted to make adjustments and we wait until halftime to do that and then we don’t get the same thing (the defense) will see (then).”

The offense had particular difficulty scoring early. The Bears’ offensive coaching staff doesn’t appear to be floundering in preparation, but it is likely floundering in adjustments.

“No, because you go to practice and everything looks good, then you go out there and on Sunday, the other team gets paid to do a great job and they show up with new looks,” Moore said. “And we had no answers for them at the time.”

It’s somewhat ironic because Waldron’s ability to adapt is what led Eberflus to want him as offensive coordinator.

There’s a different coordinator now and the players are really optimistic about Brown’s approach.

“That means a lot of new energy,” Moore said. “He’s excited to be out there. He’s demanding. So we’ve got to go out there and do our best.”

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