Caleb Williams is asked “Your numbers/production are some of the best in the NFL in the last 5 minutes of games, why can’t you do that the whole game?”

Caleb Williams is asked "Your numbers/production are some of the best in the NFL in the last 5 minutes of games, why can't you do that the whole game?"
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  1. Absolutely terrible way to phrase it man. Focuses on the negative instead of did the positive. But good thought tho lol

  4. I appreciate his answer. 

    1) we’re working on it
    2) it’s not just me – everyone steps up on this team in the last five minutes
    3) we take bigger risks that aren’t necessary early
    4) we’ve had all game to understand what the defense is trying to do to stop us. 

  6. Lmaoo Jason; “Respectfully”. I get why he asked though, but there are so many layers. Would like to see more no huddles prior to the end of the first half though.

  8. This was such a stupid ass question wtf. Re watch the tape some of those drive killers were receiver drops that were entirely catchable

  9. These players are better than me man. I couldn’t imagine being so nice to someone who never played at a high level telling me I need to be better despite winning games

  11. For being professional journalists, you’d think the beat writers would be better at forming intelligible questions.

  12. For a young player, I’m really impressed with how Caleb handles the media. This level of maturity is a pleasant surprise.

  14. Man I would be getting a lot of fines cause I’m not as professional as Caleb. And I’m over 40

  15. I’ll stand by this: It’s a tactical choice. He’s very ball-safe for most of the game.

    It really pops out to me on film, and I don’t think enough people talk about it: He has an *excellent* intuitive feel for defensive zones of influence. It’s crazy how often you watch the all-22 of his throws and you see him leading his receivers away from closing defenders. Which is why his completion percentage isn’t as high as it would be if he just threw it right at them, but it’s also why he’s the hardest QB to intercept in NFL history at 1.2% of his throws.

    And he turns down a lot of throwable intermediate and deep shots. Certainly not all of them, we lead the NFL in big plays, but for most of the game he’s quite happy to take checkdowns and short scrambles when you could definitely make an argument that there was a throwable look downfield.

    And I think there’s a lot of value in choosing to do it that way. The Bears only have 6 turnovers on offense in 9 games, the 4th-lowest in the league. We’ve only been sacked 13 times, the 3rd-lowest in the league.

    But when the two-minute drill or game-deciding situations start to come up, he stops doing that and starts lasering balls into tight windows, downfield, and in rhythm. He does it time and again.

    And I feel like everybody’s so quick to say “yeah, well, he needs to work on this” to stop and appreciate that this style of play *works*. We have the most yards/game on offense in the entire conference and we’re 7th in the NFL in points per game, while running a traffic cone in pass blocking at the most important spot on the line.

    Edit to add: Let me put it this way: the Chicago Bears are the only NFL offense this season who are in the top-5 for fewest turnovers *and* fewest sacks.

  16. To be fair, I’m sure the question is being posed in offensive meetings when it comes to how they can be better and improve. The better way of asking the question is “is consistency a concern in offensive meetings and if so, what is the consensus on how it can be improved?”

  17. This is how all great QBs are honestly. It’s like a do or die natural instinct when you have nothing left to lose.

  18. It’s a valid question. Why does he make better decisions or reads when it’s 2 minutes? Is he in his head too much the rest of the game? These are things we are all thinking.

  24. I hate these questions just as much as anybody else, but they’re asked to get clicks and views. It looks like the media is achieving their intended result.

  27. The next question was even dumber. Asking him if he has sympathy for JJ and his injuries and if he truly appreciates that he (Caleb) doesn’t get injured

  31. My guess is the last five minutes are do or die and are more fun for him. He gets to play freely and a little more backyard football. The adrenaline gets flowing as the game is on the line with a chance to be a hero. The first three quarters are more procedural feeling for him probably.

  36. The real answer is because he finally just plays free and lets everything loose. You can tell at times he overthinks his reads when he should just be trusting his abilities. It’s not a bad thing it’s part of the reason he only has 4 interceptions this year but at the same time he needs to just relax and play backyard football for 4 quarters. Once he stops overthinking the easy throws and checkdowns consistently this will genuinely be a top 5 offense.

  38. Stop asking players questions for clickbait content instead of relevant questions about ball

  40. Reporter must’ve never had a real job. Why work harder in crunch time? Because you run out of other options.
    Not that it’s a bad question but it’s a question from a lack of experience doing pretty much anything.

  43. What a shitty question, and if I were a betting man (which I am) I would wager that reporter has probably never played sports at any significant level.

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