How do you view Caleb Williams after the 2025 season? (Hour 4)
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What improvements does Caleb Williams want to make for the next season?
being able to go back and look at, you know, things I could have done better. Was I too far forward? Was I too far back? You know, did I, you know, was I not consistent enough with my footwork? And, you know, did I lean off and fall off the mound is what we call it and things like that. So it's just, you know, super small things to be able to be more consistent for the guys, for the team, be able to keep the offense on the field, you know, as long as possible and, you know, be as efficient as possible.
That's Caleb Williams talking about what he wants to improve upon. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 670 The Score. We spent a lot of time earlier today talking about the Coach of the Year candidates, for which Ben Johnson is up. The MVP candidates, which are four quarterbacks and Christian McCaffrey. And it is time to delve into a little bit more of what not just Caleb Williams had to say, both on Sunday and then Monday. after the Bears game in the locker cleanout, but then also what his supervisors had to say. Head Coach Ben Johnson and Ryan Poles over at Hallis Hall. Mark Grody, you were there. We sussed it out a little bit.
How do Caleb Williams' coaches evaluate his performance?
What were your takeaways surrounding the discussion that you heard both with locker cleanout and then just in your own impressions and then while being at Hallis Hall listening to Ryan and Ben?
Yeah, if I had to come up, aggregate one sort of evaluation of Caleb Williams from both Ryan Poles and Ben Johnson, it would sound something like, wow, this guy did some spectacular, great things, and we've got our quarterback. but there are still things that need to be cleaned up. He needs to continue on the path that he has been on for the last five or six games, and even some of the things that Caleb was just talking about, footwork, and as he put it, I love that, falling off the mound, I love that. And you even heard Ryan Pauls talking yesterday about almost like saying what he does is awkward, and I can't even begin to figure out how he gets out of some of the trouble that maybe he gets into.
And we've been saying it all year. There's a box that has been checked. with Caleb Williams, and it's a huge box, and that is the ability to win games late. Now, just fill in the rest. Fill in the first couple of quarters of the game. Fill in the consistency, the overthrows. And I know that his receivers have not been helpful to him this year. Way too many drops, and it reared its ugly head again in the playoff game against the Rams, Roma Dunze. But now you have the luxury of putting it together. And I would even say, and this is me talking now,
What were the standout moments from Caleb Williams' 2025 season?
Like Caleb Williams, like in terms of, I know, like I did learn the Bears have a quarterback. There is no doubt about it. Caleb, no problem saying that about Caleb Williams. What I don't know and what I don't think the Bears know based on what they said is how To what level do we go with Caleb Williams? Will Caleb become great? Will he become elite? Right now I think Caleb is good, and I know that he's the Bears quarterback. That's where I put it right now with Caleb Williams. I don't know that I would stop at good. I think good is underselling it. I think Caleb already is great. He's not elite because of what you just talked about. But the hardest thing to figure out if you're a quarterback in the NFL is can you get it done late and in the clutch?
And he's shown repeatedly you can put the ball in his hands at the end of games and he can get it done. You understand there's a lot of pedestrian quarterbacks above average quarterbacks that can get it done. And like you said, quarters one through three and kind of keep your game in it. or keep your team in it, game manage, if you will. But at the same time, Caleb Williams has already shown that he can do that. And I think what really we have discovered through The end of this season is the answer to one question, which is, do you have your quarterback? Which is a question I've been trying to answer the entire time I've lived here over five years now. And so what I want to know is, can he clean up, like you said, the little stuff at the beginning and be more consistent?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What improvements does Caleb Williams want to make for the next season?
0:02–1:05
2
How do Caleb Williams' coaches evaluate his performance?
1:05–2:38
3
What were the standout moments from Caleb Williams' 2025 season?
2:38–4:47
4
What challenges did Caleb face during the season?
4:47–5:20
5
How does Caleb's performance compare to other quarterbacks in the league?
5:20–6:47
6
What role did injuries play in the Bears' season?
6:47–9:01
7
What insights does Kalyn Kahler provide about the NFL playoffs?
9:01–10:59
8
How does the Bears' coaching staff plan for the future?
10:59–44:31
Speakers
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