Caleb Williams is a competitor. That much is becoming clear the longer this season goes on. The Chicago Bears quarterback could’ve easily folded after the past month he’s had. It started with the crushing defeat in Washington via the Hail Mary, wasting a gutty 4th quarter comeback. Then it was absorbing 15 sacks in two blowout losses to Arizona and New England. Some guys would’ve wilted. Not Williams. He rebounded on Sunday to deliver his best performance of the season, racking up over 300 total yards against Green Bay.
Yet what stood out the most was his demeanor. He seemed more decisive, confident, and in control. Never was that clearer than during the third quarter. Chicago had driven into Green Bay territory but bogged down at the 30-yard line. It was 4th and 2. Everybody in the stadium assumed head coach Matt Eberflus would kick the field goal. Williams wasn’t having it. He began yelling at the sidelines, indicating he wanted to go for it. After multiple shouts, Eberflus gave the signal to go.
Williams hit Roschon Johnson for the first down.
Caleb Williams is seizing more and more control.
Normal rookies don’t have a commanding voice on the field this early. Williams is making himself out to be an exception. He’s so mature for his age (23), conducting himself like a 10-year veteran in press conferences. Now, as the Bears deal with a significant losing skid, he’s taken it upon himself to drag the team out of its funk by any means necessary. If that means railing against his head coach’s notorious conservativism, so be it. The heartbreaking part is the aggressive attitude worked all day. Chicago was 3-for-3 on fourth down and 9-of-16 on third down. Yet when the game was down to the wire, Eberflus still managed to let his risk-averse nature come out by not trying to run another play with 35 seconds left to get the field goal attempt closer.
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The man is a coward. There is no getting around it. He is so deathly afraid of turnovers and other mistakes that he inevitably instills that same fear in his players. This, of course, manifests those things into happening. Caleb Williams did everything he could to show his coach it’s okay, even beneficial to stay on the attack. Eberflus didn’t want to listen.
Best article on here in years. 10/10, no notes.
WHile I hate to defend Flus, he is coaching like a guy who’s been told his job is on the line (and rightfully so). So as a result we get the ultra-careful, “you can’t blame me for that call” decisions, instead of the “let it all hang out” play callling that has high risk and high reward. This still makes no excuse for not calling timeout before the Hail Mary play, however—but I still think he is coaching scared and as such will never rise to become successful again in this ballclub. He likely feels like he has lost their… Read more »
No risk = no reward. Flus is risk adverse which is why he chokes and comes up short in close games. He plays it not to lose and yet loses. He cannot learn from his mistakes not to mention his poor in game situational awareness and decision making. Like I said in previous comments he’s a defensive coordinator posing as a head coach. A head coach in name only. He doesn’t have the skill set to be an NFL head coach it’s glaringly obvious. How many believe Flus can lead the Bears to Championships or a winning record at least?… Read more »
Caleb is the man. Unfortunately the Flus is 5-17 in one possession games throughout his tenure, not a good track record at all and not good for Caleb.
Caleb is a stud. Two tough breaks separate our season from being a step forward. Back off from Flus. Evaluate him after the season. It’s way to easy to blame him for all our faults.