Are The Bears Wrecking Caleb Williams?

[djp14150]

2 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

This the second time the Bears have drafted a QB in the top 5 with a lame duck head coach which makes no sense. They did it with John Fox with Mitch Trubisky and now they did it with Eberflus with Caleb. 

3rd time for lame duvk stats. Tubs snd Fields were others 

[T.E.]

Great example of how awesome skill position players can be made effectively worthless if your offensive line is terrible.

[Dr.Sack]

Chicago should bring in QB legend Jim McMahon to teach Caleb how to win like the 85 Bears. 

[ExiledInIllinois]

1 hour ago, Dr.Sack said:

Chicago should bring in QB legend Jim McMahon to teach Caleb how to win like the 85 Bears. 

Caleb has a higher completion % than Jim had during his SB season.😆🤣 

 

6 less INTs too. 

[TheFunPolice]

Eberflus is and was a terrible choice for HC, especially to develop a young QB

 

Chicago's defense isn't even all that great. I've questioned McDermott being a defensive HC but at least his defenses are consistently pretty good and there seems to be a program/system where new guys come in and there isn't a huge drop off. That's coaching. 

 

Chicago's D has been total meh. So what's the point of having Eberflus as your HC? If they finally find a great OC he'll just be gone for a HC job and they'll be starting over. 

[julian]

We’re questioning if the Chicago Bears are wrecking a QB… once we solve this mystery we may want to find out if the sun is hot and the sky is blue.

[machine gun kelly]

7 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Halas Hall right about now!

Nice Seinfeld youtube clip on the fire scene with George.

 

caleb will be fine once they pull off the bandage and fire that coach.  OC today, HC and probably GM, by the end of the year.

[Thurman#1]

First, he's not ruined. These things take time.

 

But the Bears might be delaying his development. Ideally you don't want scheme switches for a rookie. You want to keep him on one path so what he has learned is of further use to him.

 

They should have sat him for a year. But that takes organizational will-power and a ton of it.

[HappyDays]

I mean they have given him plenty of surrounding talent. DJ Moore, Keenan Allen, a highly touted rookie WR, Kmet is a decent starting TE. They have a very good defense which takes the pressure off the offense. The OL needs some work for sure but no #1 overall QB is stepping into a perfect situation in their rookie year.

 

Everyone always wants to praise or blame the coaching staff. Personally I think great QBs will become great no matter where they're drafted, and the same in reverse for bad QBs. Darnold was supposedly "ruined" by the Jets but now he is turning back into the player that he always has been even in an elite offensive system with elite talent. Allen didn't become great because Daboll screamed at him on the sidelines, he himself put in the work and methodically eliminated all of his major flaws. That's what Caleb Williams has to do.

 

The concern is that Williams is looking as bad or worse now than he did to start the season. You would have hoped to see some progress at this point, but it's still very early. The Bears did the "make the fans happy" move and fired the OC. Maybe that will help some, but it isn't going to transform Williams into a player worthy of the #1 selection. He has to do that on his own.

 

Edited Wednesday at 03:06 AM by HappyDays

[947]

Where the Bears screwed up was drafting Odunze at #9 instead of OL to protect their #1 overall pick.

 

Or better yet, they could've traded down & drafted multiple O-Linemen. They already had 2 starting caliber WRs, and didn't have a 2nd round pick. Everybody wanted Odunze, they could've moved down a few spots & gotten a 2nd rounder. It's not good practice to go after shiny toys when you have the worst OL in the league.

[Sojourner]

9 hours ago, T.E. said:

Great example of how awesome skill position players can be made effectively worthless if your offensive line is terrible.

Disagree man. I’ve watched a few Bears games and they aren’t terrible. 
 

Average pass blocking but Caleb is holding on to the football way too long and is throwing some of the lowest catchable ball %. 
 

The Bears are around the top of the league in run blocking stats and middle of the pack for pass. The average time for giving up a sack is 3.66 seconds on the season…

[ghostwriter]

Very rarely do QBs make waves in their rookie year. It usually takes 2-3 years before you know for sure.

[eball]

The Bears have a terrible culture and no leadership from within the team. Guys like DJ Moore, a veteran who puts up great fantasy stats but is always on losing teams. He’s not a leader. It’s not always on the coach, but the coach and GM have to be able to bring the right guys in to fit the culture they are trying to instill.

 

No excuse for a team with the Bears’ apparent talent to lose 19-3 at home to a dismal Pats roster. 
 

That looks like a team with no true leaders just going through the motions. 
 

[Buffalo716]

12 hours ago, MPL said:

Yes, but also, it's generally a good idea to avoid QBs from USC. 

Schools don't make players.. there's literally eight quarterbacks drafted every year 

 

The fact one school can consistently recruit high school kids and get them to the NFL level is remarkable 

 

Who would ever draft a Michigan quarterback because they've been good for 120 years.. yet Tom Brady 

 

Who would ever draft an Ohio State quarterback, they've been good for 120 years..  yet CJ Stroud and even Joe burrow was at Ohio State 

 

It's a player thing not a school thing

 

 

[stosh64]

Damn, I don't think I have ever seen a WR just walk off the field  in the middle of a play while the QB is scrambling...DJ Moore did.  @1:30.

OL not helping Williams off the turf after a sack etc....

Looks like some players have had enough of the Caleb show.

 

[The Helmet of]

It’s a mess right now. Plus, the Bears have the toughest remaining schedule. Year one will be humbling for QB1.
 

Next year a new coaching staff will get the chance to turn things around. Obviously this Eberflus administration is piss poor.

Edited Wednesday at 11:24 AM by The Helmet of

[aristocrat]

16 hours ago, T.E. said:

Great example of how awesome skill position players can be made effectively worthless if your offensive line is terrible.

 

Maye's o line is terrible and he has no weapons at all but is looking like he's developing. Maye doesn't have near the weapons Caleb does.  Caleb is holding on to the ball and taking bad sacks. Is it coaching?  The weird thing is some players calling for a qb change. I dont remember players asking for a qb change when Josh was struggling. 

Edited Wednesday at 11:39 AM by aristocrat

[GunnerBill]

19 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

This the second time the Bears have drafted a QB in the top 5 with a lame duck head coach which makes no sense. They did it with John Fox with Mitch Trubisky and now they did it with Eberflus with Caleb. 

 

Third actually. Fox drafted Trubisky, fired a year later. Nagy drafted Fields, fired a year later. Now Eberflus and Williams. 

 

Totally dysfunctional organisation. 

[Mr. WEO]

That team is set up for him.  

 

Although he wasn't as overhyped as Fields (predictable error), he was oversold. 

[mannc]

11 hours ago, aristocrat said:

 

Maye's o line is terrible and he has no weapons at all but is looking like he's developing. Maye doesn't have near the weapons Caleb does.  Caleb is holding on to the ball and taking bad sacks. Is it coaching?  The weird thing is some players calling for a qb change. I dont remember players asking for a qb change when Josh was struggling. 

As I noted last fall, this is exactly what Caleb did constantly his last season at USC.  It continues to be a huge problem and speaks to the possibility that--despite his athletic talents--Williams has difficulty processing what he's seeing on the field.  This has sometimes been referred to as "seeing ghosts" and it is not always a correctable problem.  FWIW, In one of the TSW mock drafts in April, I got destroyed for taking Jayden Daniels for the Bears over Williams with the first overall pick. 

 

It's too early to write Williams off completely, but there are a ton of red flags here and we could be looking at another Bryce Young-type situation, especially given the talent Williams was given to work with...    

Edited Wednesday at 10:55 PM by mannc