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    The Bears offense has reached an embarrassingly new low under offensive coordinator Shane Waldron after Week 2

    By Kole Noble,

    10 hours ago

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    It only took two games into the regular season for everyone to seemingly turn on Chicago Bears new offensive coordinator Shane Waldron.

    After struggling to get anything going in the season opener against the Tennessee Titans and vowing to find an answer, the Bears looked even worse in Week 2 in most areas of the game against the Houston Texans.

    While speaking to the media after the loss, head coach Matt Eberflus seemingly called everything into question, outside of the coaching staff on offense. And if everyone is having a problem, then there isn't a player problem.

    "It's continuity. Playing together and working to get the ball moving down the field in a positive way," Eberflus explained after the game . "Those guys are going to be working diligently to get that done. I feel great about the offensive staff and those guys are going to find solutions. That's what the process is."

    The coaching staff after two games has no choice but to find those solutions. Luckily, once you hit rock bottom there's only one way to go, unless you remain there. It might not seem like it, but the Bears offense has reached rock bottom after Week 2.

    Right now going into Monday Night Football to close out the week, the Bears rank dead last in yards per play at 2.8 with the Carolina Panthers (3.7) being the only team averaging less than 4 yards per play. That should be an embarrassment for the Bears.

    Overall, the scheme being put into place by Waldron looks lethargic with the offense running the same plays over and over. The passing game has yet to attack a team down the field or in the middle. The run game has been nonexistent with D'Andre Swift continuing to get stuffed on inside runs. And the offensive line continues to struggle blocking pass rushing looks that have been used for decades.

    At the end of the day, Waldron and his staff on offense has to get it figured out and it shouldn't just be done week-to-week. Through two games, Eberflus defense has looked incredible with their second-half adjustments, meanwhile the offense comes out of the break running the same stuff and expecting different results.

    With the skill the Bears have on that side of the ball, there's no excuse to not get things figured out going forward, rookie quarterback or not. The players seem to have optimism, but it's hard to see it on the outside looking in until it happens.

    "When it finally connect and well in the same cylinder, it's going to be good," wide receiver DJ Moore said. "Right now, we're building a puzzle together. Until we get that puzzle fully complete, it's going to be an up-and-down road."

    It's only Week 2 and the Bears are still 1-1 to start the season. The panic alarms aren't ringing quite yet, but they will be soon if the same offensive struggles continue.

    Related: Bears faced with the same lingering issues that doomed the offense against the Texans on Sunday Night Football

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