Control Bears Review: Caleb!
I, Dalton Lewis, aka Daniel Trump, wanted to say something about the Chicago Bears after their disappointing loss to the Indianapolis Colts.
Go Caleb!
I know.
The offensive line crumbled.
The running game didn’t do much successfully. The Colts put eight men in the box to stop the run so Chicago had to pass 50 times.
The Bears run defense collapsed in the second half. They got tired of stopping the Colts over and over and over and broke.
Also — it sucks to lose. The Bears lost, and fans hate it when their team loses.
I admit all those things, but this game was great news anyway — as long as Caleb Williams lives through the season.
This is why:
Caleb Williams is getting better at an alarming, meteoric rate.
Game one: 14/29, 93 yards. No passes were completed down the field. The team made three yards per attempt, a terrible number. The longest play — 13 passing yards.
The Bears won, sure, but Caleb Williams didn’t do anything. He couldn’t move the ball down the field or manage the offense.
He looked clueless. It looked impossible to think that Caleb could pass for 3,500 yards and be a successful quarterback in his rookie year. The game was too fast. He felt nervous. He felt lost.
Game two: 23/37, 174 yards, 2 interceptions. Caleb made more than four yards per attempt and moved the ball down the field a little more effectively. He tried more passes down the field and still missed all of them. DJ Moore caught a 19-yard pass, and Rome Odunze caught a 27-yard pass.
The problem — he got pummeled. Caleb Williams was sacked seven times. He had real trouble getting passes down the field because the Texans ravaged the offensive line of the Bears.
He managed to complete a large number of easy, middle-range passes for five to twenty yards per completion. He learned how to do the basics — throw high-percentage passes. He got a little better. He still didn’t throw any touchdown passes.
Game three: 33/52, 363 yards, 2 interceptions, 2 touchdowns. The Colts sacked Caleb four times — still an unacceptable number. He threw for just about seven yards per attempt this game — a huge improvement. He threw down the field to Rome Odunze successfully for a 47-yard completion. Odunze caught six passes for 112 yards and a touchdown, showing why the Bears drafted him with the ninth pick of the first round.
The Bears quarterback threw the ball down the field repeatedly. He made passes that were short, medium, and long. He passed multiple touchdown passes — and the team scored 16 points. That’s not enough, but it’s an improvement.
I know Caleb turned the ball over three times in the Colts game. He’s a rookie. Just listen. Give it time. Give him time. He is getting better — smarter and a better quarterback — at an astronomical rate. He’s throwing better and better every week. He’s learning all the time.
He just needs to survive and we will find something magical. If only we could trade a second-round pick for a center or guard…
Thanks, and take care, friends.
