Former NFL quarterback explains what’s really clicking for the Bears’ offense and why Caleb Williams is at the center of it
Williams is doing a strong job leading this Ben Johnson offense.
The back and forth debate regarding Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams and the nitpicking that’s being done on every throw is starting to get ridiculous amid the team’s 8-3 start to the season.
Coming off a game in which Williams totaled three passing touchdowns and a 100+ passer rating in a 31-point outing for the offense, everyone seemed to be focused on the missed throws he made and the one disaster play he had in the end zone.
Head coach Ben Johnson responded perfectly after the game noting no quarterback can play a perfect game. Truthfully, Williams is doing a strong job leading this offense the way it’s supposed to be ran and a former NFL quarterback had the perfect explanation as to why that’s the case.
Dan Orlovsky has high praise for the way Caleb Williams is playing within Ben Johnson’s offense
“The coach will tell you exactly what he thinks of the player by the plays that he calls,” Dan Orlovsky said while on The Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday. “Right now, the playbook is wide open in Chicago. That’s a total credit, certainly, to the quarterback.”
Orlovsky went on to explain some of the complicated play designs the Bears are running on offense such as the double-reverse, empty set passes on the goal line, and the overall play-action game. Most importantly, when the play is there against the designed defensive look Johnson was hoping to run that play against, Williams is having a quick trigger to execute that play to the open number one guy.
“That’s where his greatest growth is,” Orlovsky said. “I would imagine as a coach, if you call a play-call and you’re anticipating something and you get it and the quarterback doesn’t do what you’re coached to do, I can’t imagine how frustrating for a coach that would be. He’s not doing that anymore. He’s really going from a problem-creator to a problem-solver. He’s not really creating problems for himself anymore.”
I wish Orlovsky would say that louder for the people in the back that are still criticizing Williams’ game because he’s absolutely right and if you don’t listen to that, listen to the head coach when he speaks about the way Williams is running his offense.
“I do think he settled down once we got through a few of those missed ones and he ended up making some big ones for us as well,” Johnson said of Williams on Monday. “It’s something we’ll continue to work through.”
As long as he’s hitting on a few of those big plays and hitting the primary reads immediately against the right coverage, this kind of performance is going to be consistent for Williams and this offense. Yeah he missed a few he’d like to have back and he acknowledged that himself, plus like Johnson said, it’s something they’ll continue to work through.
Improvement is going to come but the play we’re seeing right now out of this quarterback is highly encouraging and it’s time to stop believing otherwise.
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