Younger Chicago Bears fans have known nothing but losing. If anything, they have it pretty good because they don’t know how far the franchise has fallen over the past 40 years as many older ones do. Outside of a brief respite in the mid-to-late 2000s, it’s been one long stream of disappointment and losing. While fans have blamed coaches and GMs along the way, everything always comes back to the McCaskey family. They own the team. They sign the check and make the decision to hire all of these unqualified people. It feels like the only way out of the nightmare is for them to disappear. Now, even Caleb Williams is taking snipes at them.
For the fifth time this season, the quarterback was sacked six or more times in a game. The Seattle Seahawks outlasted the Bears in a brutal 6-3 affair. During it, fans were heard booing across the stadium. When asked about it, Williams admitted they’ve had good reasons to do so for a long time.
“I’ve only been here, this is only my first year,” Williams said. “The (fans’) frustrations go way longer back than I’ve been here. My job is to go out there and win games.”
Caleb Williams could’ve been much more direct.
However, he’s way too smart for that. His press conferences continue to be well-executed. There is no venting or bad body language. His answers are straightforward and always polite. However, that comment should not be ignored. Caleb Williams is well aware of this team’s history. He has stepped up to the challenge of changing it. He can’t do it alone, though. He needs help. It falls on ownership to put the right people in charge. If they have any pride in their work, that is what this off-season must be about. Forget the status quo and “continuity.” That hasn’t done anything for the franchise. Find guys who can make a difference immediately. Otherwise, they run the risk of wasting the first potentially good quarterback they’ve had in many years.
@barry_mccockiner, Williams will not be replaced this off-season, they still have at least 2 more years of his “cheap, rookie contract” be fore that happens. Besides which, they need to hire a new head coach and tear down any decent player they have before giving Williams away for a 6th or 7th round pick.
This is looking more and more like Fields’ first 3 years here.
@Skee And did you see his latest post on insta? Straight fire!
The same last year’s QB1 who costed a 1:01 draft pick and $4m less than Caleb, actually had more production than Caleb if the USC miracle man doesn’t get 337 yds in his last game? You can’t say stuff like that Barry… we can’t have the entire CW fan club rushing to the store to buy earplugs all at the same time, it’d be like COVID tp all over again.
You have to tip your hat to Caleb for always being diplomatic even though this franchise has given him no protection, no QB could thrive with an offensive line that weak.
Caleb needs 337 yards of production next week at GB to beat the per-game average of Chicago’s last QB1, who Poles ran out of town to the celebratory cheers of 90% of the fan base.