How Chicago Bears are EXCEEDING expectations w/ Caleb Williams & Ben Johnson | Colin Cowherd NFL

Welcome to the official YouTube channel for the Colin Coward podcast. Go on, hit that subscribe button if you’re new so you don’t miss any of our great football content this season. All right, it’s Danny Parkkins joining me. We just talk about a bunch of stuff. I don’t even know where I’m going, but I I did think about this. They got the coach and the quarterback. The defense stinks. We still don’t like the owner. The front office, I doubt. I love the coach. The quarterback’s super talented. There’s a lot they’re not doing right, but like a political party, the Bears now lead the NFL in big plays. That’s good for me. And it isn’t it they’re a flawed team from ownership down, but they got the two things it appears right. Absolutely. There’s no question. I mean, the the one I always say because it’s a fun turn of phrase is like the Bengals were the Bengals until they got Joe Burrow. you know, the the the Chiefs didn’t win a single game with a quarterback they drafted since Todd Blacklage and then it was Patrick Mahomes, you know, so like it it it can change on a dime. And I find it to be amazing that the Bears are fourth in rushing, fourth in yards, sixth in scoring, crazy in explosive plays, and everyone’s like, “Is Caleb good?” Right. I’m like, and listen, I And by the way, to be fair, to be fair, as someone who’s watched every snap of every game, closer than any team in the NFL, like they they got some of those numbers got fat against Dallas and Cincinnati. Objectively true. And some of the explosive play stuff is running game based. And they’ve been much better running out of the buy Washington, New Orleans, uh, Baltimore, and then the game last week. But so it’s not all because of Caleb. Caleb’s not playing as well as Drake May. Caleb’s not playing as well as Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes. But if you told me 25 games into his career on his third play caller and second head coach that they would have by the numbers a top 10 offense and a winning record in year two, 100% of Bears fans would have signed up for it. That that’s what I always tell whenever my wife’s, you know, getting a little um concerned about our kids. I’m like, if id have told you 20 years ago when we met, none of them would be in jail, none would have a drug problem, we’d have a vacation home and a nice house and our kids would still call us, would you have signed up for it? Yes. Then don’t worry about tomorrow. It’s all good. Think about this. So, my take is every NFL offense has a hole. Let me give you an example. I’m going to give you the best offenses in the NFL two weeks ago. What you thought Green Bay today, they have no offensive identity. These are the better offenses. The Rams, Pukazo was hurt and Stafford has no mobility. Philadelphia depends on the game and the half. Denver, terrible offense for three quarters, every single game. San Francisco, bad O line, totally Christian McCaffrey dependent. Indianapolis, does anybody like Daniel Jones? I just named the good offenses in the NFL. Right. Right. So, the truth is we pay so much attention to offense, Danny, that and I’m guilty of this. We nitpick the Bears. Big plays run the ball well coached. Take it. Football season’s here and if you want to go to an NFL or college football game, Game Time is the place for you. The Game Time app just gives you the advantage back to you, the fans. It’s a hack for unlocking amazing tickets and experiences in a few taps. I love it. Easy to use. The Game Time Guarantee means you can trust you’ll get a 100% authentic tickets on time and at the best price. 100%. So, they even let you preview your seat on the app. That’s special. Plus, fees roll is included. So what you see is what you pay every time. 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We don’t know if Jaylen Johnson is coming back like this year. He’ll come back eventually, obviously. Like they’re not going to win the Super Bowl. They probably won’t make the playoffs, though they might. We’ll see cuz weird things happen in the NFL. But again, like, do you have the coach and quarterback? I can work with that. Yeah. Because because they also, it’s not just like the they got a lot of talent. I hear you talk about this all the time. Like Odunce is talented. Loveland is talented. Their right tackle Darnell Wright looks like a stud for years. DeAndre Swift is an excellent top 12 back. Yeah. Many who is been has been great the last, you know, game and a half since Swift has been hurt, looks looks good. that like they they have pieces, they have talent and they are clearly on the up and up and Caleb he gives them a ceiling that feels kind of limitless because of how crazy the physical talent is. Like if Ben Johnson can actually get him to be 90% of what his talent suggests that he should be, the Bears are going to be good for the next decade. Yeah. You know, I was um I I said years ago I was on this. I think one of my favorite things in sports is trying to find a trend before it gets discussed nationally. Yeah, I love doing that. Sometimes I hit, sometimes I miss. I don’t care. It’s not about being right. It’s about just kind of trying to see around a corner and go, I think this is a problem. So, I started this about 5 years ago. I said the downside to building a league to protect the quarterbacks and being totally quarterback ccentric and I started this 5 years ago is if you don’t have a quarterback you’re unwatchable and right now seven of the teams in the NFL seven of 32 you’re getting into what is that 21 22% you’re mathier than me Jets Saints Browns Titans Raiders Washington now that Jaden Daniels is hurt Giants are no day at the each if they get beat this weekend by the Bears. Seven of 32 teams, it’s becoming the NBA where your bottom six to seven are not only bad, they’re bad to watch. And I never So, I think my downside to the NFL, cuz I do think it’s by far and away the most embraceable, watchable, bettable, viewable league is as the league becomes so quarterback dependent, if you don’t have one, and even if you do, and he’s not protected by a good O line, you’re in big trouble. There is a lot of bad football in that 1:00 window and we are increasingly seeing bad football in the Sunday night game and the Monday night game. Yeah. Well, um you never know when you’re going to get a good slate and you never know when you’re going to get a bad slate. Like everyone in the world was down on Caleb and they were playing Joe Flacco and it was the game of the week. Like like you you me like the teams that you said that had the bad quarterbacks like one of them was Washington and yeah it’s because Jaden Daniels is hurt but no Washington fan is like we don’t have our quarterback like we might have some questions cuz he’s already had four injuries in his career but he was in the NFC Championship game as a rookie. Like it’s not like Commanders fans can’t have reason to like buy the jersey of their quarterback. I can tell you that Giants fans are buying the hype on Jackson Dart. what the NFL does because it’s a there are 32 teams and there are not 32 Patrick Mahomes is so it’s so quarterback dependent like there are not enough great ones for the job. That’s true. But the NFL has done such an unbelievable job of selling hope and parody and worst to first and it’s such an obsessed draft culture more than any other league combined by far multiplied by a million that like two days ago was what a top five day for a Jets fan in the last decade cuz you’ve just convinced yourself okay we’ve got five first round picks in the next two years we’ll find our quarterback now the odds say they’ll find their next Zach Wilson, but like it is still an exciting thing for a Jets fan. So like on a week-to-eek basis, like sure is can you get a bad Monday night game? Hell, we’re going to get the Cowboys in a prime time window. I think it’s like five of the next seven weeks with Thanksgiving and Sunday Night Football and they might end up being awful. We’ll see. Um, but in general, I just think NFL fans are so conditioned to like believe in hype and believe in hope that I don’t think anyone really tunes out their team.

Colin Cowherd is joined by ‘First Things First’ co-host Danny Parkins to react to the latest in the NFL. They start off talking about whether the Chicago Bears are over-performing and exceeding expectations this season. Is Caleb Williams a franchise QB? How far will Ben Johnson take this team in the NFL playoffs?

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41 comments

  1. The most important thing is the fact Ben is head coach & not a coordinator that will leave in 2-3 years is so important because him & Caleb will be linked for the next 10-15 years unless one of them gets fired or traded. Which I don’t see now.

    The playcaller (HC) + QB being linked like that is special.

  4. The bears defense is falling apart fast. The bears won't get far this year because of this. They will have to rebuild the defense in the off season. As several aging stars contracts are ending.

  5. Bears nation also nitpicks bec we're so risk-averse after witnessing waaaay too many late losses after having 95% win probability. Finally snatched one of those back in Cincy. Finally don't have completely incompetent coaching and QB fighting uphill w garbage OL. Fans need perfection to maaaaybe feel safe to enjoy. 😅

  6. I'm sorry but the Bears are barely meeting expectations. Caleb has been "fine" which is to say bad for a number 1 pick and really bad when comparing him to who he was drafted over.

    His completion percentage is a scary issue.

  10. All I ask, can we please wait to see what happens against a real defense. We have been playing the bottom ranked defenses in the league. The only two highly ranked defenses we played we lost and our offense.didn't do anything. Let's wait until we play Pittsburgh, the Lions again, Green Bay, etc. Then we will see where the offense is.

  12. I like how Daniel Jones has one bad game and everyone wants to throw him to the fire meanwhile bum ass Kyler Murray gets a free pass because he's black – where was all the outrage when he got his massive undeserved contract that had a film watching clause in it?

  15. Ryan poles has had some big win signings and trades mixed in with complete diahrea what the hell was that trade. He is still the best GM the bears have ever had because he actually does land talent

  18. The Bears are not exceeding expectations. They are barely hitting the expectations of this “generational quarterback”. He was touted as the best thing the league has ever seen and I’m extremely underwhelmed with what I’ve seen on the field. The inconsistency, the overthrows, the missed reads, the continuous false starts. We barely squeezed out the wins we got.

  20. The defense isn’t really that bad. They’ve played fine at home, stifled the cowboys and made the saints look CFL level for 55 minutes even when the offense had an off day. They’ve played a lot of decent offenses on the road with few healthy corners. The refs have also screwed the defense several times against both the commanders and ravens. The defense will be genuinely frightening next year with a healthy jaylon Johnson and another year of Dennis Allen. The

  21. I don't really give a sh*t what Colin thinks. The Bears are fun to watch, they are getting first downs and winning games. The Bears will need to continue the trajectory upward… They need to find a way to have a .500 or better record vs their division rivals. They have not been able to win vs their division opponents for YEARS. That will be a key metric for their progress.

  25. It's Caleb's 2nd year ….I just want improvement, short accuracy is suspect and he has poor pocket play but he he also does a lot of things really well …just got to keep grinding

  31. It's funny how this guy is slow to give credit where it's due. Poles and Warren and even George all had to adapt and adjust. Especially George. He finally agreed to pay for top tier coaches and that has to be acknowledged. But haters always get more clicks.

  32. Yeah, any, ANY QB who gets to play against Dallas and the Bengals will be top 5. What are yal watching. If you really want to grade him, take out those two teams, now how has he looked. The trap is when a player plays bad teams and gives off the illusion of success.

  37. Maybe Colin should just stop taking about football. I mean… I don't make assertions about astrophysics or Mongolian History because I do not understand it or know enough to meaningfully contribute to the conversation. It's not just that he continually disrespects the team and quarterback that I love… but as he does it, he makes no sense whatsoever. Colin and Nick Wright should leave football and have pillow fights in their leotards

  41. The nfl is flawed in the way the talking heads have knee jerk reactions and that creates the “unwatchable” narrative.. the ppl covering the action has to be more balanced instead of saying this teams qb is the next Mahomes or he is the worst qb ever blow the whole thing up and he is a rookie 😂

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