Does Bears quarterback Caleb Williams need to 'do less'?
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What improvements do Bears coaches suggest for Caleb Williams?
You're listening to Rahimi Harrison-Grody on Sports Radio 104.3 The Score. Doors closing. Nah, 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.
How did Caleb Williams perform in his previous NFL season?
There's a lot of bears to be had for Colin. You are right about that. Write that down.
That Colin Cowherd. I hear people might be into that show. It's got a future.
He knows what he's doing. A lot of people say he's like the original hot take guy, too, like before even Stephen A. Smith and everybody. But anyway... And Dan and I, we did a podcast again about three weeks ago saying, look, yeah, it's all great. He had seven comeback wins last year. And six of the games trailed in the final two minutes. And a lot of the reasons that they won those games is because of the throws by Caleb Williams. Led the Bears to a playoff win after being down 21-3 against the Green Bay Packers. So I know all the great things that Caleb Williams did last year.
What does 'doing less' mean for Caleb Williams on the field?
It's just a little bit quick to be like, yeah, he's top three all of a sudden. And the reason we said that is because there are three quarters that you still have to work with before you get to the fourth quarter of the game.
I mean, that's a compelling thought process that there are three other quarters of a football game. There are.
Big if true. Wouldn't it be nice to be blowing these teams out as opposed to biting your nails and being stressed out at the ends of games as rewarding as they were last year? So JT Barrett, second year quarterbacks coach for the Chicago Bears, was expressing the do less attitude for Caleb Williams. Listen to this.
For him, it was one of those things where we just don't have to work as hard for our money. There's times where we can just work through our progression and get the ball out on time instead of having to create and extend plays. So I think that was more of a conversation where it was like, hey, my guy, I'd I know you just made this crazy play. That was really cool. But we had a guy come up wide underneath it and just pop into it.
How can Caleb Williams be more efficient as a quarterback?
Then he does the running, and now you're not as tired. So having those conversations with him helped me realize, like, hey, I don't have to do as much compared to maybe the past years or just him playing in general.
He gets that even when it's like a really impressive highlight reel. Absolutely. You're explaining it the easier, more efficient way.
Straight up. Absolutely. Because, I mean, there's come a time where y'all saw it late in the game where our guys bent over huffing and puffing. It's like, yeah, it's because you're running everywhere when you didn't have to. So I think those conversations. With him, he wants to be more efficient, right? He wants to have that ownership where he doesn't have to necessarily always take off and run and try to extend plays in that aspect. So with that, I think for him, it's been really good being able to see those clips again and be like, oh, I could just get to my tight end here and kick it to my back here. instead of trying to also figure out what the defense is doing, like what's the coverage, where it's like, hey, I'll go through my progression, boom, boom, boom, there's going to be somebody that's going to be available for me.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What improvements do Bears coaches suggest for Caleb Williams?
0:04–1:08
2
How did Caleb Williams perform in his previous NFL season?
1:08–1:51
3
What does 'doing less' mean for Caleb Williams on the field?
1:51–2:54
4
How can Caleb Williams be more efficient as a quarterback?
2:54–3:55
5
What role does pocket vision play in Caleb Williams' performance?
3:55–4:38
6
Why is it important for Williams to take simpler plays?
4:38–5:39
7
What are the expectations for Caleb Williams in the upcoming season?
5:39–6:57
8
How can Caleb Williams balance spectacular plays with efficiency?
6:57–12:12
Speakers
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