Is Grote being too critical of Bears quarterback Caleb Williams?
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Fourth down and four. 14 of the Rams. Shotgun snap. Goes back four. Four-man rush. He's chased. He's flushed. He's all the way back to the 40. He's backpedaling and throws a pass into the end zone.
Caught. Touchdown. Touchdown. Chicago has caught a touchdown pass. With Cole come in. Open in the corner. If you hadn't seen it, you would not believe it. 18 seconds left. Pandemonium at Soldier Field.
Oh, one of many sizzling passes made by Caleb Williams and that one in particular to Cole Komet. As we're welcoming back to Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3. The score, happy to have you on Monday as we head into year three of Caleb Williams. You feeling pretty good about Caleb Williams heading into year three, Marshall Harris? Yeah.
Let's say I feel much better about year three than I did going into year two when there was a lot more unknown. There's still some unknown, but I have a lot of answers where I didn't have answers a year ago.
Yeah, like it's an incomplete project, I think, the way I look at Caleb Williams right now. But the positivity, the vibes are real, and they legitimately should be.
Yeah.
I think because we're in a weird world of bears right now and Caleb Williams, because I do believe we live in a world where people are very afraid of to be critical in any way, shape, or form of Caleb Williams right now because of the pushback that tends to come. I'm talking about broadcasters, writers, people on video, YouTube, whatever, podcasts. Skeptics. that everybody's a little afraid to say anything that is even the slightest bit negative as it pertains to Caleb Williams because of the pushback. I'm talking about online pushback. You understand what I'm saying? Like, because he is Caleb Williams. And he had an unbelievable second half of the season last year. All the comeback wins. He's been anointed.
So if you say anything to push back against Caleb Williams, you get an avalanche of negativity.
Is this a stand society that we're living in? Are you saying the Caleb Williams stands will not allow you to say anything that can be...
seen as negative about him even if it's just true facts like I don't know Caleb Williams completion percentage went down from year one to year two it's true it's true and to the point where I've gotten a and that's fine hey I'm okay I can take it I understand it because I am I've seen every game I've been at most of the games I've been at most of the press conferences I've been around Caleb Williams obviously a ton. So I can take it, but it feels like there's a lot of people who can't. So sometimes, and part of what we do on the Take the North podcast, Dan Weter and I, we're pretty honest about it. We call it like we see it. I want Caleb Williams to be great. I do. I was very loud about it's got to be Caleb.
Get rid of Justin Fields, Dunzo. It's got to be Caleb Williams, no doubt. Never any gray area for me. Still no gray area that Caleb Williams is the Bears quarterback. But just as an example, I wanted to read you a – this was from YouTube, a listener to the Take the North podcast, and I am not going after this listener or this viewer. As a matter of fact, I am using this person – as an example of the kind of feedback that i get when i am when i'm critical of caleb williams and we'll take it from there um and this was as a reaction to a recent episode of the take the north podcast which is up and running right now um and and this says this is from exalted 34 i'm sure you won't answer honestly grody but what is your problem with caleb for the past two years it's very hard for you to compliment him
Easy for you to throw out questions on his ability. Just like today when he said he has a lot more to get better, yet you throw your arms up and rejoice.
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