One NFL front office executive called Chicago Bears interim head coach Thomas Brown "the real deal" in comments made to ESPN's Courtney Cronin amid her

Now as the team's head coach, Brown will continue to be the offensive play-caller, but there are two major changes at the coordinator positions. On offense, wide receivers coach Chris Beatty has been promoted to offensive coordinator, after he has been heavily involved in the offense since Brown was named offensive coordinator.

While Thomas Brown was the most qualified choice to be Bears interim coach after they fired Matt Eberflus, there was some concern about tinkering with a structure that was working for rookie quarterback Caleb Williams.