Caleb Story...

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8 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

I would never leave a franchise rookie QB watch ten seconds of film alone.  Every play is an opportunity to learn and form a bond between coach and player.  It actually pisses me off that they laid that burden on Caleb.  I've seen video of Brady and Belichick where Bill showed Tom the difference of six inches.  Football it's geometry.  Tom took those lessons to the likes of Julian Edelman and made him a star. Anyone hear the phrase "third and Edelman"?  The devil is in the details.  Evidently Caleb had some camp and Waldren was involved; the dysfunction began there.  I expect much more this year.  And it ain't even close.  We'll know everything by week four...

Yeah I agree, and also about knowing things by week 4 too.

I do know that coaches dont watch tape with the players every time they watch tape. Like when they come in early, or leave late. But it's important that coaches watch tape with the QB relating to the weekly install each week. Even if a lot of it is the QB coach. But even still it can come down to Case and Caleb (and Tyson!) watching it together too.

I think the Bears (and most or all NFL teams) have tremendous digital support staff. They can dial up plays that fit any filter immediately. "Show me every 3rd and more than 6 of the Vikings Defense for the last 4 weeks" for example. I would be shcoked if they didnt also have cutups digitally related to different concepts in the playbooks.

So a player should be able to know that play X attacks middle zones, and then look at 2nd and 3rd down zone coverages from that defense to look for keys. My guess is that these cutups are already attached to the plays for that week. For a coach not to go through THAT with the player is incredible.

There are some real clowns in the NFL. And we've employed a lot of them.