‘Frustrated’ Caleb Williams chooses to dig out positives from Bears’ disappointing season
Caleb Williams described his rookie season as both ‘frustrating’ as well as ‘encouraging' after the Bears logged the eighth loss in a row.
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Caleb Williams entered the league with high hopes of becoming one of those legendary quarterbacks he grew up watching. However, he stumbled quite early in the league as his Chicago Bears struggle at a 4-10 record.
While the entire NFL and fans are questioning their credibility after enduring the eighth consecutive loss of the season, the rookie quarterback decided to highlight the positives amidst the dark clouds. After completing the Week 15 game with 18-of-31 for 191 yards and a touchdown, Williams described his rookie season as both ‘frustrating’ as well as ‘encouraging.’
It’s challenging to hope for a rainbow when ominous clouds loom overhead, yet the 2024 first-overall pick is opting to do just that as his rookie season struggles continue, with Chicago on an eight-game losing streak.
The encouraging part is us as a team…Being able to wake up, be consistent, do that every day with how it’s been going is encouraging for me. It’s encouraging for this team and we’ve got to keep going. It’s been encouraging but also frustrating for myself.
Caleb Williams said, via ESPN’s Courtney Cronin
Caleb Williams say this season has been “frustrating and encouraging.”
— Matt Zahn (@mattzahnsports) December 17, 2024
The 8-game losing streak obviously frustrating but he’s encouraged by how he and the team have fought through all that’s happened this year, and feels he’s still growing. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/mwTk4rwK0G
The frustrating part has obviously been the team’s eight-game losing streak as they failed to clinch a playoff berth, especially because the young quarterback has had a glorious time in college football and this early NFL struggle has completely been unfamiliar to him.
Caleb Williams reflects on pressure and performance amid struggles
Though it’s undeniable that Williams has the potential to become a star in the NFL, some of the blame for the struggling 4-10 season falls on him as well. Due to the coach’s failure to develop him, he has difficulty finding quick solutions on the field and tends to hold onto the ball too long, resulting in pressure.
“Let’s put it in this context. Say you get in three car accidents in a month, you’re going to feel it,” Williams said about the rising number of hits.
That’s what a hit is in football… Getting hit, especially when you can’t deliver a hit to somebody as in like run the ball, you take those over an amount of time and it builds up.
Caleb Williams added
According to Next Gen Stats, the rookie signal-caller faced pressure on 42.3 percent of his dropbacks during the Monday Night Football game. In fact, he experienced the highest rate of pressure (73) on third down this season, as he was pressured 8 of the 11 dropbacks on third down.
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