Anyone finding they're warming to the Bears drafting Caleb?
Mar 25, 2024 8:05:55 GMT -6
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Post by JABF on Mar 25, 2024 8:05:55 GMT -6
Hope he figures it out, just not sure he will; I'd sooner take mechanical issues over mental ones.
Nagy was the kind of coach who wanted to prove he was so smart, so he always tried to outscheme everyone, and his stuff was always overcomplicated to the point of stupidity. He didn't let his players play, and in the last year, the offensive line was TERRIBLE.
Then you had Luke Getsy, who decided he wanted to turn Justin Fields into Aaron Rodgers and also demands of his QBs to almost ALWAYS avoid the middle of the field, because that's what Aaron Rodgers does - seriously, look at their pass charts. Only Rodgers is a good enough QB to get away with that, and honestly, he does it so that his numbers are overinflated, for selfish reasons, which is a large reason why for all of his talent, Rodgers has only ever won one SuperBowl, and even then it was with a top defense. And on top of that, after 2 years with Getsy, Fields only had a halfway decent offensive line when it finally gelled after he came back from injury, which led to his best improvements.
Otherwise, most of the time, he ran for his life by necessity.
Now, there still are parts of Justin's game that are underdeveloped, but put him with a coach that has a team with a good offensive line and have that coach use Fields as Lamar Jackson, and watch him take off.
Having said all that - there's no waiting with Caleb Williams. He already has in spades the part of the game Fields is currently lacking, so I get why they are making the move.
I think there is a lot of truth in what you say there. In recent weeks I've come to the conclusion (for me personally anyway) that the past is past history and I can't change it. But the future looks better for the Bears because:
1. The 2024 offense looks significantly more talented than what we have had in years here.
2. The 2024 coordinators seem much better. Shane Waldron was so good helping Geno resurrect his career... he is a veteran play-caller and I like his offense. With the talent on this particular Bears offense, Waldron should be rock solid as an OC.
3. As much as I liked Fields (and I did like him a lot) - I can't deny that Caleb Williams has a better mental processor. That can't be coached. You either have it as a QB1 or you don't. Caleb has it at an elite level. I watched his games live, and later I've watched his film until I think my eyes were about to drop out... he needs to develop and improve his game. But that mental CPU is what will help him in NFL games. I have zero worries about the stuff the "Internet People" bring up about the peripheral negatives (the off the field garbage stuff). He seems like a good guy to me. The people who's teams are not getting Caleb are doing the "Sour Grapes" thing now. They are jealous of us.
