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I’m not happy we lost but after watching a couple film studies of Ozzy made me smile. He was shaky early but you can see him gaining confidence as the game went on and in the second half he was rag dolling Parsons. I do mean tossing him around. Beyond that, it was head on a swivel, picking up stunts, quick feet to redirect when he lost leverage. He wasn’t perfect in the game for sure but I have no doubt we have a starting LT. One more big test with Myles Garrett but he’ll be ready for Rd 2 against Green Bay.

I agree that he's flawed. The one thing he does, is find a way to win, late. Justin and Mitch did not have that. Reducing sacks is worth the loss on completion percentage. Points, yardage and wins are up. Please allow him to get comfortable in a system.

For the sake of Chicago Bear nation I hope you’re right.

At the risk of being nit-picky: 62.5% in 2024 vs 57.8% 2025 - so far. Yes the seasons not over yet. Sure the less sack rate is a big improvement if for nothing else to prolong his playing career but on that plane alone, Justin did a pretty remarkable job in eluding tacklers too. What I do like is that Caleb makes a lot less mistakes when it comes to turnovers. And man does he throw a fastball. But not always the best thing every time.

Caleb has gone from running for his life and getting sacked, to scrambling and not getting sacked. The completion percentage has not changed. So far, the net is huge. Sacks are down and third down conversions and big plays are up. (Wins too). He's trending good...

No one is saying these stats are good enough, including Caleb and BJ. The question is, is he learning and growing, is he making reads and getting the ball out in rhythm. And i think more and more he is. That's why if I KNEW Caleb would get no better than this, Id be unhappy with it, but given where i think he is headed, I still wouldn't take any other QB over him from the last 4 years of drafting. Maybe more than 4 years. Caleb's trajectory is headed to elite territory, and I am here for it.

Sure in that stat alone. The part of the OL playing better should translate to allowing him more time to survey the field and read his progressions. Im guessing this offense is a very similar version of what Johnson deployed in Detroit. And we all know besides Flacco and a slab of granite, Goff is one of the least mobile QBs and he still managed to keep his stats decent.

It's amazing to go from 68 sacks last year to maybe 25-30? Caleb has great awareness in the pocket, better OL and better play calling. This stat shows how much better we are from last year.

With the help of AI, the chart below reflects data pulled from multiple polls and raw performance metrics. What’s interesting is that, when viewed individually, some polls highlight specific strengths—like escapability and sack avoidance—where he ranks quite high. But when the focus shifts to accuracy and consistency, the ratings tend to drop. Still, if you average out around 10 different polls, the composite picture shows he’s roughly middle-of-the-pack as of now. (By the way - not sure how he's 'tied at 62nd and fewest' with only 6 INTs). I think the upcoming Cleveland game will be a strong indicator of how real this team is and how effective Caleb is in his role. Cleveland is normally a “whew we get a break” game, but right now they’re working to get better—and they did beat Green Bay earlier this year, even if Flacco was under center at the time. With the Bears at home, this feels like the perfect opportunity to reset and gear up for a late-season push. I’m hoping to see improvement from both Ben and Caleb. As for the defense… well, I’ve mostly lost hope there. At this point, I’m just wishing they can at least slow opponents down more often than not—even if it means sitting back in a prevent shell.

No QB is perfect. Every incompletion of Caleb's is scrutinized, yet his numbers are comparable to Daniel Jones, Josh Allen, Jordan Love, Justin Herbert, Bo Nix, and better than Jalen Hurts, Baker Mayfield, CJ Stroud, etc. If you didn't see the league leaders with him in 12th for Passing Yards, T-12th in Pass TDs, 5th in Sack%, and 8th in INT%, you would think he is a bottom 3rd QB. It is so weird. QBs make inaccurate passes, miss reads, take sacks, and throw INTs. He absolutely has to be more accurate, especially in clean pockets, but we are talking about 2-3 passes a game.

Someone may have posted this, I didn't check but a good analysis of Caleb by Tim Jenkins.

While perusing recent sports columns, one in particular caught my attention—it ranked all the current NFL quarterbacks, supposedly based on a list from Sportsnaut. I’m not too familiar with them or how reliable their rankings are, but they had Caleb Williams at 19th overall, behind journeyman Jacoby Brissett (18), former fellow overall No. 1 pick Bryce Young (17), and fellow second-year quarterbacks Bo Nix (14) and Drake Maye (2). Below was their reasoning for his ranking specifically. I was more curious about where current Cleveland starter Shedeur Sanders landed, since there’s been some positive buzz around his recent performances. They ranked him at No. 27 and pointed out that he’s coming off a 364-yard, 3-touchdown game against the Tennessee Titans. It’s worth noting that Tennessee’s defense is ranked in the bottom third of the league overall—roughly in the same territory as our own defense this season so maybe something for us to be concerned with?

At 9-4 in his first year as a coach, the old bears are gone. If they went 0-4, it would be disappointing but we already have seen the direction of the new Bears. Adam is right, this is going to be a close game but their vaulted defense gave up 29 points to Tennessee, the worst team in the league.

Me neither.

I’ll be happy if the newer-new Bears show up. The ones that play four quarters of solid ball. Not this 1/2-come-from-behind-late-in-the-game stuff. I didn’t want to have to test out my new BP meds this early.

Not generally a fan of Cowherds but he does make some good observations here. https://youtube.com/shorts/gqbqWhqZ2YU?si=47VlMclpm_QklJPQ

I believe Caleb will be great for us. Not perfect, since no one ever is, but great, top 3 in the league. I think that's where this trajectory is headed. People can disagree, but then when it happens, remember who wanted to keep him and who was thinking of dumping him. The rest is up to time to tell. I could argue why I think this is true, what my evidence is, but it's a waste of time. We will see.

I don’t want perfection. I want to see obvious progress in simple scenarios. He needs to hit the guaranteed passes that prolong drives and create scoring opportunities.

No. I’m comparing Lovie’s ending with Caleb’s beginning. It’s kind of apples and oranges, but it has the same purgatory feel.

No doubt the first half had more opportunities to criticize Caleb. He was terrible in the first half and it’s almost as if they didn’t trust him to throw the ball. But if the first half was terrible, and the second half has obvious issues that largely cost the team the game, that’s not a good starting point.

I wish the Ben Johnson effect would have used more running, especially early in the game. BJ is getting too predictable especially when he passes when you should run on 2nd and short. The Bears are at the top for running the ball, so please play to your strengths more so than trying to out smart the D.

The bigger question is are these our "New Bears" or the same old? We are gonna find out the rest of the wat this year. My money is on the New Bears showing up and making a statement.

Agree, Caleb didn't exicute the play properly. Kmet went up for the ball and Caleb didn't put enough zip on it. Had Caleb threw to the corner, Kmet would have kept going to the ball. If we got this TD, we still had to get a 2 point conversation, so I'm not sure if we would have won the game. BJ said he would have went for 2. It would have been a lot more interesting to see the call Ben makes for the 2 points.

There's lots of pundits breaking that play down. IMO, if continues to the sidelines, he easily beats his chasers but he slowed down to do his reads. DJ wasn't open yet but did get open after he committed to throw to Kmet. I think he threw where it went thinking Cole could climb the ladder against a 5'10" S but he didn't zip the ball. I think if he threw to the corner, Kmet could have reached the ball. Caleb failed on execution, it was a great play call.

I get the impression, you will only be happy with perfection. I get the growth we have to see from Caleb but I'm afraid, this year, we're only going to see small increments from him. I think a lot of his flaws will only be fixed off season but at this stage we are still winning games and can't be unhappy about that. I think we have to look at this as his first year with BJ and accept it's not all going to happen at once. Because he was the first pick, I, as others, expect it quickly.