Bears notebook: Caleb Williams' explosive throw to Rome Odunze

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What was the opening rundown and who introduced the Bears Notebook segment?

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harrison grody

Vinny Rotino 0:02

we are happy to have on vinnie rotino vinnie how are you

Unknown 0:05

i'm doing great thanks for having me on guys i tell you i feel like i made it to the big leagues when i uh when i get on the score and get on your show i appreciate you guys having me middays 10 to 2

Vinnie Rotino 0:14

on 104.3 the score late in the fourth quarter he's been great on this drive fox lines under four in zone wide open for the bears touchdown and chicago not finished yet Longest run of Caleb Williams' career, 29 yards, sets up the touchdown pass. And the first touchdown for the Bears since midway through the first quarter.

Vinny Rotino 0:39

That is courtesy of Fox Sports. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. We didn't do a special open for this, but I feel like we should. And now it's time for Mark Grody's Bears Notebook.

Mark Grote 0:52

Notebook.

Vinny Rotino 0:53

On 104.3 The Score. The Score. Notebook time. Notebook. It's a working open.

Mark Grote 1:01

How's that? You couldn't do that. You couldn't

Vinny Rotino 1:04

put that together. We got fired after the show immediately. It's been fun working with you

Mark Grote 1:09

guys. Caleb Williams looked pretty good yesterday. Breaking

Vinny Rotino 1:12

news out of the notebook.

Mark Grote 1:14

Yeah, man. Right off the top. I thought it was a good day. For Caleb Williams in about a two-hour practice and what turned out to be, relative to the rest of the day, a bright, sunshiny sun hitting you hard out there in Lake Forest. Why the scared look on your face? Are you having flashbacks to evacuating yesterday?

Vinny Rotino 1:36

I can't believe that the storm actually, as to how bad it was, that after that it was like, okay, everything's fine now. No, it was not. Yeah.

Mark Grote 1:45

No, it's crazy. Like, they wisely, the Bears said, fans, let's call it today. Let's not have the fans

Vinny Rotino 1:53

come out

Mark Grote 1:53

here today. But... When we were out there, man, you needed your 50 on because the sun was blazing and it was absolutely humid out there. But Caleb Williams, I thought, look, really good out there. In particular, there was a scenario where the Bears offense, they were at their own one yard line. It was an urgent crunch time, had to get out of that situation immediately. Caleb Williams lofts the ball down the sideline, probably 40-plus yards. I don't have the exact yardage on it. Sometimes it's hard to tell. An explosive play down the sideline to Roma Dunze, exactly what you want to see here in this very real scenario. After that, about another 25-yard pass to Scotty Miller, whom they signed during the offseason program, looking crisp and sharp and doing Caleb Williams things.

Mark Grote 2:44

And Caleb Williams actually, when we got to talk to him postgame, felt like a real game, man. We got to talk to Caleb postgame, talked about that scenario in those plays.

Caleb Williams 2:53

Obviously, being backed up, there was a certain amount of time on the clock and all of that, but we wanted to get two first downs, and we went to drill. And so... The whole objective is get the ball in play. And so Rome ran a great route. But I felt like I was back there for a little bit. So I tried to go, you know, check it down the right D and looped over and then just, you know, went through the gap and, you know, found Rome and connected with him. And then I think the next one was Scotty. And, you know, he made a he had he ran a great route. I told him I lost him for a second. That's what happens when you're a little shorter on the shorter end. But I lost him for a second and then just saw a hole opening up between the backers and saw a glimpse of him and ripped it.

Caleb Williams 3:36

He made a great catch and ended up getting down, being smart with the ball, knowing we needed two first downs to win.

Mark Grote 3:41

Poor little guy got lost in there, Scott Miller.

Vinny Rotino 3:44

I actually think that it's good that Caleb Williams said that because there are times where I've wondered because he is also right at six feet?

Mark Grote 3:52

Yeah, they're about.

Vinny Rotino 3:53

Not the tallest quarterback in the world. It's not always easy to see over your big offensive lineman. He mentioned the height of the left tackles yesterday pretty effusively. So I'm glad he actually admitted to that too.

Mark Grote 4:06

Yeah, no, that was very interesting. And it was funny, but as you said, it's a real thing. But that was good to see.