Dan Wiederer
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It marries up with something you and I were talking about earlier in the week, that if the Bears could even go to another level with their scramble drill, with that second play that defenses have to defend, the exhaustion that is going to cause for opposing defenses is second to none.
And so you listen to a coach there with very genuine admiration, not only for Caleb, but for what Ben is able to do with Caleb.
And then again, what you just touched on, that idea that
every single down has doubled the responsibility because you're trying to, to, to, you know, anticipate what's going to be run and defend what's being run.
And then all of a sudden the play goes into a different mode and you've got to find a way to figure out how to slow that down.
And so that's,
man, like the danger level for this Bears offense is off the charts if they can find their stride.
And it's why so much of this offseason is going to be fascinating for us to have a firsthand look at as they target areas of improvement and then accentuate strengths.
My God, they've got so much potential here.
And when you hear that, and Robert Sala wasn't the only one to talk about this the other day.
Jeff Halfley, who faced Caleb Williams three times in about six weeks there with the Packers down the stretch, echoed some of the sentiments of just how difficult it is
Again, it's not only defending two plays every down.
It's the idea that you like Jeff Halfley played three sensational defensive football games for about 50 to 55 minutes and lost twice.
Right.
Because they couldn't finish and they couldn't kill Caleb Williams.
And so that's another part of this that that is clearly caught the attention of people around the league.
When we have discussed it, and the theme of that there, the seven fourth quarter comebacks, even in the last couple of minutes, and we have discussed it this week on this podcast, the 58.1 completion percentage, that has to get better.
His receivers have to get better, have to be fewer drops, fewer throwaways, all of that stuff.
But that is a great job of accentuating the part that Caleb is really good at and is showcasing.
I also thought the Russell Wilson comp was interesting.