A report from earlier this week claimed that “a couple of” veteran Chicago Bears gamers wished rookie quarterback Caleb Williams benched in favor of backup Tyson Bagent following the firing of offensive coordinator Shane Waldron.
Williams spoke with reporters on Wednesday and insisted he feels he has the help of these contained in the locker room.
“I feel these guys are good, straightforward. We speak about it,” Williams defined, as shared by Courtney Cronin of ESPN. “I feel I acquired full help from them. I’ve gotten texts or calls or individuals coming as much as me, with this case that simply occurred, and saying, ‘We acquired your again, we’re with you.’ You already know, issues like that and, ‘Let’s go.’ That sort of mindset and perspective has been what it has been this previous couple days. And that is sort of what it is solely been.”
Whereas the Bears received 4 of their first six video games with Williams main the cost, his play regressed over three consecutive losses. Some observers noted that the primary general decide of the 2024 NFL Draft has been making the identical sorts of errors he made in faculty and is holding onto the ball too lengthy on move performs. Others suggested that he has just lately seemed “rattled” throughout video games.
In accordance with Pro Football Reference, Williams started Thursday ranked thirtieth within the NFL with a 38.4 adjusted QBR, twenty eighth with an 81.0 passer ranking and thirty second with a 60.5% completion proportion for the season. He is taken a league-high 38 sacks throughout 9 video games.
Chicago changed Waldron with passing recreation coordinator Thomas Brown, presumably in an try to repair no matter is ailing Williams.
“I feel we’ll do job of marrying every little thing collectively, making every little thing look the identical [in the run and pass game], and then you definitely’ll get a couple of simpler passes, a couple of additional layups. I feel it’ll assist us within the run recreation,” Williams stated about what followers can count on to see from a new-look Chicago offense, per Patrick K. Flowers of Bleacher Nation. “I feel it would assist us within the passing recreation by having the ability to try this. From there, I feel that gives a bit of extra explosiveness for us as an offense.”
The 4-5 Bears host the rival Inexperienced Bay Packers (6-3) this Sunday. As of Thursday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook listed Chicago as a 5.5-point underdog for that contest.
