I’m a Caleb doubter, but I can honestly say I feel more confident in him than previous QBs. I know he’s not gonna make some game killing mistake. The offense, as a whole, is more likely to do something dumb (penalties, dropped passes) than the QB just giving the game away. I used to close my eyes and grit my teeth every time Cutty or Mitch would throw the ball downfield. Caleb has accuracy issues, but he’s not constantly giving the ball away and we’re actually pretty OK in the red zone this season.
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But I was told he was a bust?
If he fixes the accuracy issues this dude could become something we never seen before. His pocket awareness is off the charts. He’s got a cannon arm, maybe not as strong as cutler but for his size he can put some zing on it. It’s just the accuracy. Once he knows all the plays like the back of his hand and he fixes accuracy, this offense could be unstoppable.
Feels like we’re not gonna let this kid grow up on his own terms. We get too high on his success, and too low on his failures. This is a cool stat, but we watch the games and we can all see that it doesn’t tell the full story. To be a franchise guy he will need to improve in a lot of ways, but the good news is that he *is* improving and it *is* getting better.
Caleb has that 2 minute gene . When the game is on the line he clicks .
After week 1 I was a full blown Caleb denier. It really looked like a total regression/continuation of last years issues.
I can confidently and HAPPILY say his play has prove me wrong. It’s not even about the main counting stats. It’s more about how he’s playing the game. He looks so much more comfortable going through his progressions. He’s not taking idiotic sacks. He’s not bailing the pocket after the first read is not there. He’s trusting his receivers to make plays.
I’m so happy to be wrong.
This is goongt be a great season!
Get the guy a competent O line and he might just surprise you
That’s such a crazy stat, you’d expect a 1st overall pick to live more up to the hype. Hell, Peyton Manning was a 1st overall pick.
Raider fan here, I never doubted it
Caleb is more than legit, he can ball. And will only get better. We’ve clearly seen enough to know this guy is our franchise QB. now, we need defense and a RB.
Coach is set, franchise qb is set, offense weapons. In a few years the bears will be playoff set
I was pretty impressed. The Bears haven’t really had a “clutch” QB in like . . . wait have they ever had a clutch QB?
The talent and ability is clearly there, he can absolutely play at the pro level. The problem is that his protection is so bad that he’s playing in scramble/improv mode more often than not. It’s so rare for him to have so much as a full series where he just gets to drop back, read the field and make a decision without having to dodge a rusher and flee the pocket, fire off a quick pass to the dump off man or force a funky arm angle throw around the body of a free runner. If he can get just an *average* amount of time to process things, he will do great things on a consistent basis. But until then, there’s going to be a whole lot of “Oh shit” decisions and throws, and people need to understand that that’s not Caleb being a bad QB.
Even if you take away the Dallas game 24-8 is still a damn good ratio for a young QB.
I hate to see a rival succeed but I’m glad the bears aren’t ruining yet another young quarterbacks career
I was curious so I looked it up. There have been 36 QBs drafted 1 overall and 17 since 2000.
I was ready to tell myself the “best” of a small number wasn’t a huge deal, but 1 of 36 or 1 of 17 in the modern era sounds fairly significant actually.
As long as he stays aggressive he’ll be fine. My only complaints about him have been the games where he kept hesitating on throws. I don’t even mind some picks right now while he’s calibrating as long as the decision is sound.
He’s got his issues and a lot of them from last year have been almost fixed. Like getting the ball out quick and avoiding sacks.
If he fixes his accuracy issues especially on the easy throws he’s a top 10 QB in the league.
I truly believe by the end of the year Ben will have almost all of his issues fixed. I mean just look at how much progress he’s made from week 1 to week 4.
Didn’t his career start last year?
Caleb is actually amazing at avoiding picks. Every “overthrow” that gets over analyzed by reddit film crews is usually him trying to put the ball so either his guy gets it or nobody gets it.
But he paints his nails…
Not a Bears fan, but every game I’ve watched with him win or lose, the guy looks like #1 overall pick. He throws like one, moves around greatly, and plays QB like veteran. He’s excelling at one thing you always want from a QB is “not turn over the ball”. He’s gotten better at 3rd down conversions and plays great towards the end of the game (4th Qtr and 2 minute drills).
I think the main goal for him is to keep improving and get Chicago a winning record with lower wild card seed. Detroit is a beast, but the Pack and Vikings have both falling back to Earth a little.
Everytime I’m so excited to see him work then he does something silly like stare like a deer at the beginning of a snap misses the ball entirely
Just wait until the entire team develops chemistry
Colin posted this today. I can’t believe he put Penix in the same category as Williams.
Also, how is Drake Maye already a hit?
But we should have kept Fields and built around him? We should have drafted Daniels? We should start Bagent since he picked up the offense better in camp? Fools.
Wonder why the zeitgeist on Williams is so negative? It’s that ten game losing streak debacle right? Fair enough of course but even that wasn’t as bad for Williams individually as perhaps one may believe.
Fun note is Caleb should likely have at minimum 5 GW drives to his resume now if not 6 if they came back against the lions.
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I’m a Caleb doubter, but I can honestly say I feel more confident in him than previous QBs. I know he’s not gonna make some game killing mistake. The offense, as a whole, is more likely to do something dumb (penalties, dropped passes) than the QB just giving the game away. I used to close my eyes and grit my teeth every time Cutty or Mitch would throw the ball downfield. Caleb has accuracy issues, but he’s not constantly giving the ball away and we’re actually pretty OK in the red zone this season.
Bears
But I was told he was a bust?
If he fixes the accuracy issues this dude could become something we never seen before. His pocket awareness is off the charts. He’s got a cannon arm, maybe not as strong as cutler but for his size he can put some zing on it. It’s just the accuracy. Once he knows all the plays like the back of his hand and he fixes accuracy, this offense could be unstoppable.
Feels like we’re not gonna let this kid grow up on his own terms. We get too high on his success, and too low on his failures. This is a cool stat, but we watch the games and we can all see that it doesn’t tell the full story. To be a franchise guy he will need to improve in a lot of ways, but the good news is that he *is* improving and it *is* getting better.
Caleb has that 2 minute gene . When the game is on the line he clicks .
After week 1 I was a full blown Caleb denier. It really looked like a total regression/continuation of last years issues.
I can confidently and HAPPILY say his play has prove me wrong. It’s not even about the main counting stats. It’s more about how he’s playing the game. He looks so much more comfortable going through his progressions. He’s not taking idiotic sacks. He’s not bailing the pocket after the first read is not there. He’s trusting his receivers to make plays.
I’m so happy to be wrong.
This is goongt be a great season!
Get the guy a competent O line and he might just surprise you
That’s such a crazy stat, you’d expect a 1st overall pick to live more up to the hype. Hell, Peyton Manning was a 1st overall pick.
Raider fan here, I never doubted it
Caleb is more than legit, he can ball. And will only get better. We’ve clearly seen enough to know this guy is our franchise QB. now, we need defense and a RB.
Coach is set, franchise qb is set, offense weapons. In a few years the bears will be playoff set
I was pretty impressed. The Bears haven’t really had a “clutch” QB in like . . . wait have they ever had a clutch QB?
The talent and ability is clearly there, he can absolutely play at the pro level. The problem is that his protection is so bad that he’s playing in scramble/improv mode more often than not. It’s so rare for him to have so much as a full series where he just gets to drop back, read the field and make a decision without having to dodge a rusher and flee the pocket, fire off a quick pass to the dump off man or force a funky arm angle throw around the body of a free runner. If he can get just an *average* amount of time to process things, he will do great things on a consistent basis. But until then, there’s going to be a whole lot of “Oh shit” decisions and throws, and people need to understand that that’s not Caleb being a bad QB.
Even if you take away the Dallas game 24-8 is still a damn good ratio for a young QB.
I hate to see a rival succeed but I’m glad the bears aren’t ruining yet another young quarterbacks career
I was curious so I looked it up. There have been 36 QBs drafted 1 overall and 17 since 2000.
I was ready to tell myself the “best” of a small number wasn’t a huge deal, but 1 of 36 or 1 of 17 in the modern era sounds fairly significant actually.
As long as he stays aggressive he’ll be fine. My only complaints about him have been the games where he kept hesitating on throws. I don’t even mind some picks right now while he’s calibrating as long as the decision is sound.
He’s got his issues and a lot of them from last year have been almost fixed. Like getting the ball out quick and avoiding sacks.
If he fixes his accuracy issues especially on the easy throws he’s a top 10 QB in the league.
I truly believe by the end of the year Ben will have almost all of his issues fixed. I mean just look at how much progress he’s made from week 1 to week 4.
Didn’t his career start last year?
Caleb is actually amazing at avoiding picks. Every “overthrow” that gets over analyzed by reddit film crews is usually him trying to put the ball so either his guy gets it or nobody gets it.
But he paints his nails…
Not a Bears fan, but every game I’ve watched with him win or lose, the guy looks like #1 overall pick. He throws like one, moves around greatly, and plays QB like veteran. He’s excelling at one thing you always want from a QB is “not turn over the ball”. He’s gotten better at 3rd down conversions and plays great towards the end of the game (4th Qtr and 2 minute drills).
I think the main goal for him is to keep improving and get Chicago a winning record with lower wild card seed. Detroit is a beast, but the Pack and Vikings have both falling back to Earth a little.
Everytime I’m so excited to see him work then he does something silly like stare like a deer at the beginning of a snap misses the ball entirely
Just wait until the entire team develops chemistry
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Colin posted this today. I can’t believe he put Penix in the same category as Williams.
Also, how is Drake Maye already a hit?
But we should have kept Fields and built around him? We should have drafted Daniels? We should start Bagent since he picked up the offense better in camp? Fools.
Wonder why the zeitgeist on Williams is so negative? It’s that ten game losing streak debacle right? Fair enough of course but even that wasn’t as bad for Williams individually as perhaps one may believe.
Fun note is Caleb should likely have at minimum 5 GW drives to his resume now if not 6 if they came back against the lions.