Caleb Williams, Shane Waldron offer progress report on Bears QB’s development in camp originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Caleb Williams isn’t where he’d like to be eight days into training camp, but the Bears rookie quarterback feels that he’s precisely where he should be in his early NFL development arc.
“I think I’m on track to be ready,” Williams said after Monday’s light practice at Halas Hall. “Exactly where I need to be and where they want me to be. I’m excited. Every day I wake up, I’m learning something new. Getting ready for the season, preseason, and these next practices. Very excited, still progressing.
“But we’re towards the end of install right now for this portion, which is very exciting. To think that not too long ago, I didn’t really know anything about this offense, and now I know a lot more than I did. So, progressing, excited and ready to go.”
Williams’ training camp experience so far could be characterized as bumpy. The No. 1 overall pick has shown off the rare arm talent, accuracy, precision, off-script ability, and instincts that had many label him as a “generational” prospect coming out of USC. However, Williams and the offense have been unable to find consistent success against the Bears’ top-10 defense.
For Williams, the up-and-down nature of camp is about balancing his big plans against the reality of being a rookie quarterback who will make mistakes at these early stages.
“I’m always tough about the mistakes,” Williams said. “That’s the part about me that drives everything. Being tough on myself, being tough on the mistakes that happen, whether it’s MAs, a turnover or anything like that, being tough on myself and understanding that there are going to be mistakes. How I respond to those mistakes depends on the response and all of that always provides an outcome, whether it’s a good or bad response, the outcome to that response is always going to be there.
“These mistakes,…
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Publish date : 2024-07-29 20:02:10
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