Caleb Williams endured a first season proven with the Chicago Bears. The overall choice n ° 1 in the draft of the NFL 2024 posted solid figures during the season, but the Bear Decreed after a promising start to the season of 4-2.
Chicago seemed about to improve at 5-2 in his week 7 with the Washington Commanders Before Jayden Daniels finished an improbable hail to give Washington the last second victory. This launched a sequence of 10 defeats in which head coach Matt Eberflus and attacking coordinator Shane Waldron were dismissed.
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The turmoil in Chicago was amplified by Williams’ difficulties in adapting to the speed of the game in the NFL and taking 68 bags of the championship.
That said, Williams believes that the difficulties and difficulties of the team will help him improve before his second NFL season.
“I am super excited about this,” Williams said about his second campaign During the Chicago intersane training sessions on Tuesday. “Being able to be in this position, being able to have a first year as I did – high and low – and then be able to come here, be as confident as last year, perhaps even more, and be able to arrive here with the group we are, I can’t wait to work with these guys.”
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Williams then praised the “talented group” of the players that Chicago has so far gathered for the 2025 NFL season. He also detailed that one of the people with whom he is the most excited to work is his new head coach, Ben Johnson.
Johnson joined the Bears after a three -year stay as Detroit lions“Tepricensive coordinator. He led to the first three top-five consecutive top-five in points and yards per match and was responsible for transforming a Chicago attack who ranked 26th in offensive EPA last season.
Williams clearly indicated that he wanted and expects his new coach to challenge him while the 23-year-old seems to become a quarter of franchise
“We grow up together is the key. From now on. He pushes me [is] Key, “Williams said of Johnson.” I know it, and he knows it. “”
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Williams also knows that his development in this role will be essential in the efforts of the Bears to find success during the 2025 season and beyond.
“If you have this position properly, it helps with a lot of different things,” said Williams, referring to the quarter-Arrière position. “Build this link, [Johnson] Me, myself, growing together for years to come will be fun. I’m eager to [for him] To be able to help me find out more about Ball – because it is super intelligent, super net – and grow and progress in this way. “”
This article originally appeared on USA Today: Caleb Williams hosts the challenge of “Super Sharp” Ben Johnson
