Caleb Williams weighs in on Bears' losing streak, something that's new for him but all too familiar for the organization and his teammates

The Chicago Bears' on-going seven game losing streak hasn't been fun for anyone involved and everyone is still looking for answers to put an end to it.That's always easier said than done and no one knows that better than the Bears. Over the last few years, the Chicago Bears have become synonymous with losing streaks, […]

Kole Noble Chicago Bears News Writer
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Dec 8, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) looks on after the game against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium.
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The Chicago Bears' on-going seven game losing streak hasn't been fun for anyone involved and everyone is still looking for answers to put an end to it.

That's always easier said than done and no one knows that better than the Bears. Over the last few years, the Chicago Bears have become synonymous with losing streaks, but for rookie quarterback Caleb Williams, this is entirely new terrain.

The Bears' current losing streak is one of the worst stretches of Williams' entire football career going all the way back to his high school days.

Between his six years as a starter in high school and college combined, Williams never lost seven games in a single season, much less seven consecutive games.

Just like how much of everything else has been this season, the Bears' current losing streak is going to be yet another new learning experience for Williams to file away going into the rest of his career in the league.

"I do understand that is my first time kind of being a part of something like this," Williams said on Thursday. "I asked questions to the guys that may have lost a bunch of games in a row like this, or had losing seasons. I asked some questions because, the more knowledge that I have prepares me for the future if it ever comes close to something like this again…

I'm going to work hard and make sure it doesn't, but if it ever happens again, figuring out ways to keep going, keep pushing, because it's part of it. Seasons like this happen every once in a while, and being able to learn from it, being able to address it, and being able to respond is the most important thing."

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No one really knows how long this streak could continue for or if it's even something the Bears could put an end to this season, although everyone would like for it to end this week against the Minnesota Vikings.

As Williams continues to experience this, leaning on his fellow teammates is the best way to combat this adversity and try to fix it, because no one knows better than those who have been in Chicago the last few years.

Tight end Cole Kmet, for example, has dealt with four separate 5+ game losing streaks during his five seasons in Chicago.

“This process, it’s been tough,” Kmet said on Tuesday. “It takes a toll on you mentally and you definitely question things about yourself. You’ve got to fight those things. But it’s a hard deal, for sure. I just have to keep the type of mindset that this type of adversity will only make me stronger going forward.”

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That the kind of mindset Williams needs to create for himself as well, along with the other players in the locker room.

But, as cornerback Jaylon Johnson, who's also experienced numerous losing streaks with the Bears, laid out, it's not a mentality problem this time around.

"It's not a mentality. It's just strictly execution," Johnson said after the team's fifth straight loss. "At the end of the day, we got to find ways to get put in the right position and ways to execute. For different reasons, we find ways not to execute when it counts and we just got to figure out a way [to execute]."

The biggest example of the lack of execution was the latest loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Following a second coaching change, there was a newfound energy all week in Halas Hall yet once the lights came on, the team froze and lost 38-13.

Getting out of a funk like this is a hard task to do. It takes everyone getting on the same page, learning from what went wrong, and responding when they take the field. And that's what the team will be aiming to accomplish under the brightest lights on Monday Night Football.