Caleb attacking the QB1 learning curve. Texting coaches...
May 12, 2024 18:10:30 GMT -6
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Post by JABF on May 12, 2024 18:10:30 GMT -6
This is just one more tiny tidbit about Caleb. I'm trying to understand what we have or don't have in him by putting enough of these together to get a big picture of him. Apparently the guy is tireless as he pushes hard to ascend the rookie learning curve.
Yesterday I watched the Shane Waldron press release about Caleb that seemed to me to say they are starting with the very basics of the transition from colleg ball to NFL ball. And I've listened to a number of people (legit knowlegeable NFL people and not the clickbait Internet talking heads) and they all seem to say there is a steep learning curve here for Caleb Williams. No matter how talented he was in college, there is a huge amount of information for him to learn now. Which brings me to this latest tidbit. Aparently he never stops asking questions trying to learn what he can as quickly as he can. And I'm sure you've heard the Halas Hall people and players saying he basically opens up the place in the mornings and is the last guy to leave at night. Anyway here's this latest:
Yesterday I watched the Shane Waldron press release about Caleb that seemed to me to say they are starting with the very basics of the transition from colleg ball to NFL ball. And I've listened to a number of people (legit knowlegeable NFL people and not the clickbait Internet talking heads) and they all seem to say there is a steep learning curve here for Caleb Williams. No matter how talented he was in college, there is a huge amount of information for him to learn now. Which brings me to this latest tidbit. Aparently he never stops asking questions trying to learn what he can as quickly as he can. And I'm sure you've heard the Halas Hall people and players saying he basically opens up the place in the mornings and is the last guy to leave at night. Anyway here's this latest:
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"That work doesn't stop from the time Williams wakes until the time he goes to bed. The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner has been texting quarterbacks coach Kerry Joseph late at night, asking for more detail about why the Bears are doing things on certain plays. "He’s one of those guys who want to know why," Joseph said of Williams after Bears rookie minicamp wrapped up Saturday. "You put something in, you put a play in, you talk about it, you give him the progressions, whether it’s run or pass, like he wants to know why. Last night, probably about 10:30 or 11 o’clock, he texts me, ‘Hey, why are we doing this here? Why are we blocking it like that? Isn’t that his guy to block?’ He just wants to know. He wants to know those answers. So when you have a guy like that, he’s hungry for it and you love to know that because now he becomes a coach on the field for you. Once he gets it and learns this whole system, he’ll become a coach on the field now..."
... "Williams and his personal quarterback coach, Will Hewlett, had the Bears give them some footwork and cadences to work on in the weeks leading up to the draft. That early work is already paying dividends as the Bears' grand developmental plan for Williams launched this weekend. "Will did a great job with him of prepping him for what we’re about to do now," Joseph said. "Coming into this minicamp, he was light years ahead of the information that he already had. There isn't much to draw from a two-day minicamp in which Williams was on the field with mostly rookie tryouts. But his attention to detail was evident in the two practices. Williams was accurate and precise in both practices. He missed a few throws, and there were a couple of drops, but each time a rep was unsuccessful, Williams would link up with the intended receiver -- be it first-round pick Rome Odunze or undrafted free agent Brendan Bates -- talk through the rep and then ask to run it again to get it right. That's part of Williams' DNA. He's a perfectionist who wants to set the tone of the organization. He wants his fellow rookies to see him as a resource as they lay the foundation for a 2024 season with high expectations."
"That work doesn't stop from the time Williams wakes until the time he goes to bed. The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner has been texting quarterbacks coach Kerry Joseph late at night, asking for more detail about why the Bears are doing things on certain plays. "He’s one of those guys who want to know why," Joseph said of Williams after Bears rookie minicamp wrapped up Saturday. "You put something in, you put a play in, you talk about it, you give him the progressions, whether it’s run or pass, like he wants to know why. Last night, probably about 10:30 or 11 o’clock, he texts me, ‘Hey, why are we doing this here? Why are we blocking it like that? Isn’t that his guy to block?’ He just wants to know. He wants to know those answers. So when you have a guy like that, he’s hungry for it and you love to know that because now he becomes a coach on the field for you. Once he gets it and learns this whole system, he’ll become a coach on the field now..."
... "Williams and his personal quarterback coach, Will Hewlett, had the Bears give them some footwork and cadences to work on in the weeks leading up to the draft. That early work is already paying dividends as the Bears' grand developmental plan for Williams launched this weekend. "Will did a great job with him of prepping him for what we’re about to do now," Joseph said. "Coming into this minicamp, he was light years ahead of the information that he already had. There isn't much to draw from a two-day minicamp in which Williams was on the field with mostly rookie tryouts. But his attention to detail was evident in the two practices. Williams was accurate and precise in both practices. He missed a few throws, and there were a couple of drops, but each time a rep was unsuccessful, Williams would link up with the intended receiver -- be it first-round pick Rome Odunze or undrafted free agent Brendan Bates -- talk through the rep and then ask to run it again to get it right. That's part of Williams' DNA. He's a perfectionist who wants to set the tone of the organization. He wants his fellow rookies to see him as a resource as they lay the foundation for a 2024 season with high expectations."
