It’s often said that nice guys finish last, and it seems Bears receiver Keenan Allen may subscribe to that theory.
Chicago fired first-year offensive coordinator Shane Waldron earlier this week in hopes that it could help spark a change with the Bears sitting at 4-5.
When Allen was asked for his thoughts on what went wrong with Waldron’s tenure, he gave an honest, albeit unorthodox, response.
“I would say just probably he was too nice of a guy,” Allen said, according to the Chicago Tribune. “I think during OTAs, training camp, he kind of fell into a trap of letting things go, not holding people accountable. Obviously those things lead to a slippery slope.”
The Bears struggled to produce much success under Waldron with the 30th-ranked offense in the NFL and allowing a league-worst 38 sacks.
Chicago has dropped three straight games since coming out of its bye week and has scored a combined 12 points in its last two games, which included a 19-3 defeat at the hands of the Patriots on Sunday.
Allen is among the group that hopes that the change at OC — which now has passing game coordinator Thomas Brown at the helm — can turn the team’s fortunes around while their playoff hopes are still alive.
“Better sooner than later. We have to make some things happen,” he said. “So if it wasn’t happening then? Insanity, man, we all know that definition. So. We just have to make this change and see what happens.”
The Bears will hope to make up some ground over the next few weeks as they’re slated to play the Packers in Week 11, the Vikings in Week 12 and the Lions in Week 13, essentially going down the line of teams that sit in front of them in the NFC North.