RUMOR: Bear's players asking coaches to bench Caleb Williams

[StickierBuns]

Heard it on ESPN radio this morning and seen it here with Waddle and Silvy (ESPN Chicago), Waddle being the former Bear:

https://twitter.com/WaddleandSilvy/statu...wcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fbears-players-reportedly-want-hc-matt-eberflus-bench-caleb-williams-1984796

Tough spot for Williams if true, but this is what happens sometimes when you throw a guy in there. He gets sacked a bunch, but watch him play and tell me he doesn't hold onto the football way too long. He's also a bit of an odd duck supposedly. There's a video from last Sunday's game that shows him writhing on the ground after a hit and there's not an offensive linemen in sight to help him up. Not sure how much is accurate, but I think there's some fire with this smoke.

If this ends up being another bad QB pick in a few years, Chicago will have had the pick of the litter TWICE (Fields and Williams) and come up empty. Yikes. I also don't think Anthony Richardson is going to be anything and I hate to say that because he's a great young man.

[comet52]

His style worked in college but he had a very long time to throw and it doesn't translate. He looks terrible and the inept Bears organization doesn't help.

As for linemen not picking him up, maybe they were blinded by the glare off his fingernail polish and didn't see him lying there.

[pattersaur]

Williams might not be blameless. Maybe there's an attitude thing there, I'm not sure. But the Bears organization is failing him. Maybe their change in OC will help this week but if Chicago loses decisively to Green Bay, Eberflus may not have a job come Monday.

[MaroonBells]

Heard it on ESPN radio this morning and seen it here with Waddle and Silvy (ESPN Chicago), Waddle being the former Bear:

https://twitter.com/WaddleandSilvy/statu...wcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fbears-players-reportedly-want-hc-matt-eberflus-bench-caleb-williams-1984796

Tough spot for Williams if true, but this is what happens sometimes when you throw a guy in there. He gets sacked a bunch, but watch him play and tell me he doesn't hold onto the football way too long. He's also a bit of an odd duck supposedly. There's a video from last Sunday's game that shows him writhing on the ground after a hit and there's not an offensive linemen in sight to help him up. Not sure how much is accurate, but I think there's some fire with this smoke.

If this ends up being another bad QB pick in a few years, Chicago will have had the pick of the litter TWICE (Fields and Williams) and come up empty. Yikes. I also don't think Anthony Richardson is going to be anything and I hate to say that because he's a great young man.

Twice? Since 1999 they've drafted 5 QBs in the 1st round. All of them busts (assuming CW is). Trubisky, McNown...They just have not been able to find a top-level QB....in 105 years. 

I tend to think that Caleb's game is just not meant for the NFL. You have to be able to throw the ball downfield to win in this league and he can't seem to do it with any kind of consistency or accuracy. He ranks 37th out of 38 in catchable deep balls (20+ air yards). FWIW, Darnold is #1.