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Tim Jenkins breaks down Caleb Williams' performance in playoff win over Packers
13 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
The score!
Tim Jenkins. I've got people real mad at me in Chicago that how dare you? There's a radio guy up there, Mike North. He was real mad. Sounder and CEO of Jenkins Elite. I'm Tim Jenkins and welcome to All Things QB where I watch every single clip and break down the most important ones today. Breaking down the positives and negatives. You've seen progressions that align with the quarterback's eye.
I hope that's what we get more of, but I hope we continue to see some of these concepts and the way we build things are better for the quarterback versus just looks good on paper.
Let's jump into the film.
Chapter 2: What were Tim Jenkins' insights on Caleb Williams' performance against the Packers?
We like jumping into the film with Tim Jenkins. He joins us via the Circus Sports Illinois hotline. Download the Circus Sports app today. We are thrilled to be able to talk to him about a winning Bears playoff game. Tim also joins us via Twitch, twitch.tv slash Chicago 670. The score, he is the founder and CEO Jenkins Elite. Tim, how are you today?
I'm doing great. I'm doing great. I'm fired up, like I'm sure everybody is over there.
Yeah, I think you put out that Bears video about seven minutes after the game ended. What excited you about what you saw?
Yeah, yeah. It went for an hour 30, too, which was a shocking amount of time to hear yourself talk, as my wife would say, highly enjoyable for myself. But, yeah, I mean, listen, I think what was most interesting, what my big takeaway was, was... If the live TV shot would have been zoomed out, right? If we wouldn't have been the TV, you know how it's all zoomed in, nobody likes it.
But if it was zoomed out and you could see all 22, I think when the Bears fell down big, we would have all felt a lot better because I actually think... Like, I keep calling it a fluke and I hate that word. It's almost like the, you know, less probable outcomes happened consistently to the Bears to the negative on third and fourth down early, which then I think led to obviously the huge deficit.
Like, just think about on the same series, you get the Cole Comet drop. Which, was it a drop? Was it a fumble that the Bears recovered for a first down? You'll never know, right? We ruled it a drop. Then we get the semi-bad snap that we have Luther Burden wide open on a shallow cross, and the ball gets batted down. That's third and fourth down. Like two...
you know, not really highly probable things happen in a row. And then that happened consistently for the first three quarters. And then all of a sudden the bears come alive and it doesn't happen at all. And it happens in the opposite direction, the fourth and eight that I'm sure we'll talk about where he's off the ground. Things like that consistently happen. Then all of a sudden you make a run.
So it was, it was interesting because I actually thought we were going to see a lot of stuff early in that game where this offense struggled. And I tell you that I'm not sure I really walked away from the film seeing that. I more or less saw a bunch of opportunities that we didn't quite take advantage of with things that aren't even really coachable fixes.
It's just our guys making a play, and it's the guys that have made a play most of the year. So to me, it's like I feel even better going into this game, I think, than I really thought I would diving into the tape.
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Chapter 3: How did the Bears' offensive strategy evolve during the game?
And Tim, as a watcher of ball, a lover of offense, and somebody who's not only studying the Bears, but you also know a thing or two about offense and the rest of the NFL. What do you think about the matchup between the Rams and the Bears just from a schematic standpoint and from a inspirational standpoint when it comes to how modern offenses are constructed?
I think it's fun if you really just like watching what the NFL has evolved into.
Yeah, I'm not going to lie, team. I love you guys. I was hoping for a Philadelphia win. I like Brock Purdy. I like San Francisco. I was hoping for a Philadelphia win because I feel like Philadelphia coming to Chicago, a little bit, I don't want to say easier, but I think a little bit easier.
Yes. No, you say we all think it. So that's fine.
Yeah. This team is scary. I mean, so here's the thing is I think, you know, you sit there and you talk about Loveland. How are they going to game plan Loveland? Right. I think it's a dynamic question. How are the Bears going to game plan Puka? Because you go watch the first three completions from Carolina, from Carolina, L.A.
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Chapter 4: What specific plays highlighted Caleb Williams' skills in the playoff game?
Puka lines up in three different spots. He lines up in a tight split to start easy completion. Then he lines up in a wing split where they motion him to fullback. They throw it out to him. Easy completion. Then they line him up at tailback and he runs Viper for a touchdown. Those are the first three plays. So to me, you sit there because it's so easy to sit here and say, let's double Puka.
It's like, good luck, dude. How are you going to double a guy that you have no idea where he's going to line up? Because it's like, what are you going to do? Just dedicate two defenders to him? Because to me, Colston Loveland presents the same argument, which is you don't know where these guys are going to line up. So it's like, OK, hey, yeah, OK, let's just present.
Let's just follow two guys around Puka or Colston. Then you forget that, guess what? Ben Johnson and Sean McVay don't spend all offseason in Cabo sitting by the pool drinking, drawing up only pass plays. These dudes are drawing up run plays too, right? So you need the extra guys in the box. It's just, it's a fascinating game. I do think like...
I've said this, and I hate saying it, but I do think it's the truth. We have to figure out how to keep this thing tight, and it can't be slow our tempo down to keep them off the field. I think that's playing to lose. We need to keep up with them. If this is a tight ballgame down the stretch, Eileen bears.
If you tell me, hey, Tim, somebody wins this game between one and six points, I think it's the Bears. If you tell me, hey, Tim, somebody won this game by 17, I hate saying it. I think it's the Rams. I see them as the more lethal threat in a runaway game. However, if this Bears team sticks around, I think there's a lot of stuff to how they've been winning, and I think they can pull it out.
I just, you know, I'm not going to sit here and lie. The Rams offense scares me to death. And, you know, Jordan Love, I think they were executing well. I don't think this Rams team is the Packers. I think the Packers are good on offense. I think this Rams team is much closer to San Francisco, and we saw how that went, where it was, we just need to keep up with them.
There was going to be no second half where they go three and out nine times, right? So... that's just what scares me about this team. I don't know about you guys, but you watched the end of that Carolina game. And I feel like, you know, I hate advocating for sports betting, but I'm gonna, I'm big on the live money lines right now. I felt like that.
I felt like the Rams coming back to win that when they went plus money was the easiest bet I've ever made my whole life. It looked like they were going routes on air and it was to win a playoff game. Like I, If that doesn't scare you into not playing soft coverage, I don't know what will.
I think your game plan this week, if you're a defensive coordinator, has got to be, hey, high variability in our pressure looks. We're going to heat them up. Stafford very well could gash man coverage and our heat zone.
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