The Chicago Bears wasted no time naming Caleb Williams as their starting quarterback after selecting him with the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
And now it turns out that they are hiding very little of the playbook from him in the early tenure of his reign as QB1 in the Windy City.
Living through the ups and downs, the coaching staff is encouraging Williams to try to make every throw, even the difficult ones.
According to ESPN’s Courtney Cronin, the Bears have thrown Williams right into the action.
The Bears hope they have found their franchise quarterback, and Williams is leaving his early impression on linebackers T.J. Edwards and Tremaine Edwards.
Through his ups and downs of adjusting to the game speed, Williams has manipulated the second level starters a couple of times that got the linebacks “hot about it.”
Edwards would go on to say, “he’s impressive for sure.”
When Justin Fields was the starting quarterback of the Chicago Bears, it’s no secret that the Bears may not have been in the greatest of positions to develop a quarterback with the potential that Fields had when he was selected in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft by a general manager in Ryan Pace, who was making a last-ditch effort to save his job.
Ignoring the fact that the Bears already had veteran Nick Foles on the roster, the Bears also signed veteran Andy Dalton the month before they selected Fields.
It was a crowded quarterback room and when that did not always see eye-to-eye considering the clear signs of tension between Foles and Matt Nagy.
Reports this offseason have also suggested that there was tension between Fields and Foles.
While not addressing those rumors, in his latest comments, Fields seemingly took a shot at the culture he experienced with the Bears.
