With how last season went and the uncertain future facing GM Ryan Poles, it felt like some kind of shakeup might be coming at Halas Hall. Sure enough, it arrived in the most interesting place. Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune revealed the team was parting ways with Krithi Chandrakasan. Poles hired him as the team’s Director of Football Analytics in 2022. He’d previously served as a data scientist in Kansas City for three years, so there was obvious familiarity. It appears Poles didn’t get the results he was hoping for.
This feels like a possible turnover is coming to the Bears analytics department. It isn’t a big shock. While it is difficult to determine what role that section of the front office has played in the team’s roster building, it’s hard to believe it was positive when you see graphics like the one below.
Considering both Claypool and Jones were massive …