Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Best of the Bears: Caleb Williams could benefit from doing less
30 May 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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I can make any throw.
I mean, I believe you, Caleb Williams, but I just don't necessarily know that they are all necessary. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And Mark, you spent a lot of time at Hallis Hall last week talking to Bears assistant coaches, and I think you got some really good answers out of it.
Yeah, you know, Dan and I, Weider, that is, did an episode recently on the Take North podcast. You can go check it out if you want, wherever you get your podcasts. We did a whole Caleb Williams episode, and it was based on some of the plaudits that Caleb Williams is deservedly getting from the national audience, including Mike Florio, who's got him down as, I think, his number two quarterback.
Colin Cowherd had him in the top five, I think.
Colin Cowherd, also, we might have to talk about his amount of bears, because he's getting real bears-y.
Okay. And he is based here, I think, too, and loves Chicago.
His wife is from Chicago. Right.
There's a lot of bears to be had for Colin. You are right about that. Write that down.
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Chapter 2: What does JT Barrett mean by Caleb Williams needing to 'do less'?
So Caleb does have some power in this if he continues to win and do well that way. It's just not like, of course we all want to see that again from him, but it's not realistic to think that you're going to have seven comeback wins, six of them in the final two minutes. That's hard.
If you want to be Matt Stafford's age and be an MVP at 37 and throw for 4,000 yards, you're going to have to work less physically than what we saw Caleb Williams have to run yards-wise to complete some of these passes and the like. And I think that that is as good of enough motivation for him long-term for the career as any to try to make that happen more often now to save that energy.
I agree. And then, and here's the thing too, while I'm hesitant to put Caleb Williams as a top five quarterback right now, I just don't think there's a need to do it. I don't think he is in the top five yet. He can get there pretty quickly if he gets that other part down and the numbers will go, will skyrocket as well.
profit profit and 4 000 yards by the way came pretty close last year with the 3942 and 312 is right on our text line you also can't throw sidearm through the defensive line you are correct sometimes it doesn't work yeah you can't you can't be pat mahomes on every play you know i love a good i love a good sidearm uh put out in the infield but i don't necessarily know that that's always going to be the case sometimes but not always
Yeah, good stuff out of JT Barrett. Really good. And the more we know what the coaches want to do, the more we know what the game plan is.
Right, and that just validated our thoughts too. Isn't there another, like everybody's making them a top three quarter, isn't there a little more to do still? It's okay that there's a little bit more to do for Caleb Williams.
There is, but I think that's the beauty of getting the hard part down first.
That's true.
And then having to work backwards again.
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Chapter 3: How can Caleb Williams and Ben Johnson build their relationship in the upcoming season?
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So my cat was roaming the hallways while I was out shopping, and then I came back, and one of my neighbors was sitting on the floor with the cat, like, oh, this cat was scratching at the door, and I know she was looking at me like I'm the worst cat owner ever, and I said, oh, I used
this never happens i don't know if she believed me isn't the old 97 song murder or a heart attack about an escaped cat don't know and i'm leaving the back door open until you come back no i think it is all right so we'll ponder that and we'll join danny perkins who's just out here hobnobbing with celebrities next he's a unique cat