Best of the Bears: Caleb Williams remains focused on improving accuracy
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What is Caleb Williams doing to improve his accuracy this season?
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show flashback flashback flashback We have not put uh you have to complete sixty percent this day, sixty-five the next. We we haven't done that. We we certainly have uh Goals that we strive for. Uh, you know, I I I won't even it's not a secret. I told him I I would love for him on the season to complete seventy percent of his balls. So you would like to think over the course of practice that we're completing seventy percent or more or that's hard to just magically arise in a game. So um that's it's a lofty goal, but it's one that we're gonna strive for. And so because of that, we're we're gonna use that as our benchmark and and kind of work from there.
Ben Johnson talking about Caleb Williams last year when they were forging their relationship together. And Ben in the Dan Pompeii piece uh in The Athletic talked about how there were some questions for Ben on what he he thought Caleb could be, and then Caleb pretty much answered those questions for him. It's the speagling home show. We are on until six o'clock. Carmi V is in. in for speaks and so you went on Mina's podcast and and so y you were like I I have to get really, really prepared if I'm going to talk ball with one of the nation's biggest ball knowers. I was gonna say
ultimate ball knower. Um I don't even think she knows this, but the first time I ever went on with her a few years ago, my now husband and I were long distance at the time. And he was in LA and I was here. Also a ball knower. Also a ball knower. We'll we'll find out how much ball he knows when he comes in a little bit. But Um The very first time I went on with her, I think I kept him up till four in the morning my time, two AM his time, where he was like, I finally have to go to bed because I was having like a mini panic attack. I was so nervous. Really? I was so nervous. Cause I was like, oh my God. Like how am I gonna go toe-to-toe with her? How? And I had done so much prep and what and I have since relaxed about that aspect of all of this.
Now that I've gone on with her quite a few times. Um, and she's a great friend, but I still overprepare. So I had a lot. I w we went through the entire NFC North. If you haven't checked it out, it's a great preview episode. I'm really proud of it. Really proud of kind of where we ended up despite the fact that we could not pick this division to save our lives.
I think this is the best division in football. I think this is the most interesting division in football too.
It's the most wide open. Like when you look at it, there is not one single order when it comes to who wins this division and who ends up in fourth that would shock me. There is a case to be made for every single one of these teams to win the division and also completely lose the division. You're right. So in going through all of the Bears notes though, I wanted to kind of dissect what happened last year, despite the fact that we saw it for I saw it. I saw it with my own eyes. Uh, you know, rose-colored glasses, hindsight's 2020, you know, you know the outcomes of it, so now you can say, oh, wasn't that fun? But at the time, it was stressful as hell. And it you had no idea what was gonna happen up until not even the fourth quarter, like the back half of the fourth quarter, the last half of the fourth quarter, the last eight minutes of the game, seven and a half minutes of the game.
And so I wanted to kind of look at the splits of what Caleb Williams did in the first three quarters of a game versus what he did in the fourth quarter. And I wanted to look at the offense in general to see if there was anything that could explain what happened last year in as a way of figuring out can that be replicated or improved upon this year. And I might have ended up more confused than I was before.
Really?
Were a really hard watch. And thank God for Ben Johnson and his almost defiant uh attitude towards the run game.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Caleb Williams doing to improve his accuracy this season?
0:01–8:45
2
How did the Bears’ joint practice with the Bengals showcase the offense and defense?
8:45–16:57
3
What advanced metrics reveal about Caleb’s performance in the first three quarters versus the fourth?
16:57–19:37
4
Why does the 70‑percent completion goal feel realistic or unrealistic for Caleb?
19:37–24:58
5
How is Garrett Bradbury influencing the left‑tackle competition?
24:58–30:55
6
What did Caleb say about the practice and his focus on clean‑up and explosiveness?
30:55–37:56
7
How are the Bears’ secondary players (Malik, Dylan, etc.) progressing after training camp?
37:56–45:07
8
What are the key takeaways and outlook for the Bears heading into the regular season?
45:07–47:44
Speakers
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