What is the next 'frontier' for Bears QB Caleb Williams?

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Caleb Williams 0:02

Rahimi Harrison-Grody, middays 10-2 on 104.3 The Score. For me, it's just...

What did Caleb Williams say his offensive priorities were in June?

Caleb Williams 0:11

Get the completion percentage up, keep the offense on the field more, score as many points as possible, be the highest scoring offense, because that's that's my part of the offense or that's part of my part in the team. Going out there, you know, orchestrating it and then, you know, being able to go out there and score, whether it's handoffs or passes, whatever, that doesn't matter. It's just being able to put up as many points as possible to help our team win as many, many games as possible and then keeping the turnover rate low.

Vinny Rotino 0:38

That was Caleb Williams in June. And I think it really does actually touch on the question, Mark Brody, that you and Dan Wiederer had ahead of training camp on Take the North when you guys asked the new frontier for Caleb Williams. And then I said to you in the meeting, I'm like, well, what does that mean to you? And then we both had different definitions. And then we both started giving comparisons. And I was like, wait, asking the question of what the new frontier is may be the idea. Like that may be the segment right now. So that's why we're here.

Mark Grote 1:05

What is your new frontier for Caleb Williams? I ask you first.

Vinny Rotino 1:10

63% completion rate.

Mark Grote 1:13

Oh, I like that.

Vinny Rotino 1:14

I'm not going to ask.

Mark Grote 1:15

58 last year.

Vinny Rotino 1:16

I understand the coach asks for 70, and I think he should. That's the job of the head coach.

Mark Grote 1:22

Yes.

Vinny Rotino 1:22

Maximize the goal. He should have those goals for his player. But I think realistically, I think it would take a lot of growth to see him go to 63. And what that really means is a couple of balls a game that he would like to have back. He's going to get back. Yeah. So a new frontier for Caleb Williams to me would be 63. But in doing so, I think he cements his position as a top 10 quarterback in the league, given all his other skills. So that to me would be indicative of it. I think he's right about the offense improving. So the Bears were in the top 10 when it came to team offense. One, two, three, four, five. They were sixth in yards per game at 369.2 in the regular season. So he's not wrong to ask of a top offense or dare I say a top five offense.

Vinny Rotino 2:09

Again, he's going to hold a higher goal for himself because he should. But if they're sixth, they can be fifth.

How did hosts define the 'new frontier' for Caleb Williams?

2:16

Yeah.

Mark Grote 2:17

Yeah.

Vinny Rotino 2:17

They can be. They can be a top five offense.

Mark Grote 2:22

Yeah, they can be. I mean, with the head coach, with the quarterback, with some of what we believe to be rising stars potentially, with your pass catchers and Loveland and Luther. Yep. Who knows what becomes of Roma Dunze this year? He's truly the wild card with that new normal with his foot. But I had, when we did our exercise for people who didn't catch it, we made our own list here on Rahimi Harris and Grody. Layla, you had Caleb Williams at number seven.

Vinny Rotino 2:51

Out of my top ten.

Mark Grote 2:53

Out of your top ten, yeah, I should be clear. I had Caleb Williams at number nine because he won a playoff game for the Bears. He did engineer seven comeback wins, including six in the fourth quarter, made some impossibly elite throws, as we all know about. The Cole Comet play, I don't need to go through all of the plays. So the new frontier for me, the way I interpreted this was two things. Can he become, well, first of all, 4,000 yards. That's a new frontier. And maybe that's just a new frontier for Bears quarterbacks, period.

Vinny Rotino 3:25

It's a new frontier for all of us. Yes. What happens? Like, what happens when he gets to 4,000? Do we disintegrate? Like, what? I think there should be like a victory. Does the world turn upside down?

Mark Grote 3:36

There should be a Cubs-like victory parade down the street. There should be the.

Vinny Rotino 3:40

There should be a parade for a 4,000-yard quarter.

Mark Grote 3:42

Let me go call Chance the Rapper.

Why is increasing completion percentage to 63% considered a milestone?

Vinny Rotino 3:44

Wait, should we get the QB1 party? All are invited?

Mark Grote 3:46

Yeah. Oh, I think so. We get Parco in here and we get the... We fly Danny in.

Vinny Rotino 3:53

This is the QB1 party. Welcome to the party, Chicago.

Mark Grote 4:00

QB1 party. All are invited.

Vinny Rotino 4:02

The Spiegel groan in the background.

Mark Grote 4:07

spiegel's annoyance in the background is hilarious yeah sometimes like when you work together on a show you just have to go along with the other person's ridiculousness and in that case that's what spiegel was doing with parkins and you guys have to do it on the daily with me so i understand well the funny part was spiegel or or you just have to be visibly in conflict yes which was what spiegel was doing