This is an excellent video. Caleb will be training with his own coaches to supplement the Bears' allowed training (CBA limits). His personal coach will be working him along with Anthony Richardson & Brock Purdy. In the video Swift makes the point that the Bears have never - ever - gone all in like this with a rookie QB1.
This is not your typical rookie. This guy is fanatically driven to win. The Bears have never had a guy like this at QB1. For that matter, I'm not sure the NFL has had a rookie QB1 quite like this guy. I've been thinking about that 8.5 game over/under. No way the under happens. The division will be extremely tough this year. But you never know how good this Bears team will be if Caleb & the offense is ready to roll game-1 of the season, rather than needing several games to dial in the new rookie QB1 with the newly installed offense.
Could the Bears actually win the division this year? Probably not, but I wouldn't say it's off the table impossible - if Caleb really is a quick learner (sounds like he is) and he puts in all this extra time getting ready for training camp, and we REALLY need the D and O lines to be solid (don't know what we have there exactly) and the team can stay relatively healthy.
This is like golf coaches. It only takes one, if he knows what he’s doing.
Getting too much advice from too many people just creates confusion— applies to golf, football, investing, nutrition, ….everything.
It sounds like his private coach is just working on what Waldron wants him working on (like getting used to working under center and getting the ball out quick. Stuff that needs reps of practice. His private coach has the technology equipment to make sure his body mechanics keep “right” as he reps too. It is no different than what the Bears coach would do if they were allowed to… the CBA doesn’t allow it but a private coach is allowed. It just so happens that Richardson and a few other young QBs will be doing their training at the same time.
This is like golf coaches. It only takes one, if he knows what he’s doing.
Getting too much advice from too many people just creates confusion— applies to golf, football, investing, nutrition, ….everything.
It sounds like his private coach is just working on what Waldron wants him working on (like getting used to working under center and getting the ball out quick. Stuff that needs reps of practice. His private coach has the technology equipment to make sure his body mechanics keep “right” as he reps too. It is no different than what the Bears coach would do if they were allowed to… the CBA doesn’t allow it but a private coach is allowed. It just so happens that Richardson and a few other young QBs will be doing their training at the same time.
Really? It’s hard to believe there’s some equipment teams can’t use.
It sounds like his private coach is just working on what Waldron wants him working on (like getting used to working under center and getting the ball out quick. Stuff that needs reps of practice. His private coach has the technology equipment to make sure his body mechanics keep “right” as he reps too. It is no different than what the Bears coach would do if they were allowed to… the CBA doesn’t allow it but a private coach is allowed. It just so happens that Richardson and a few other young QBs will be doing their training at the same time.
Really? It’s hard to believe there’s some equipment teams can’t use.
I didn't explain that very well (sorry). The equipment is okay to use by anyone. But the Bears coaches have the number of practices limited by the CBA. These are not practices for Caleb but it's still very valuable for him to work on these things between now and summer training camp. His personal coach sounds pretty sharp in the interviews I have watched.
One thing he said that was totally new to me. He said that just because we don't see the QB's helmet move through progressions, doesn't mean the QB isn't doing it. They work on the QB using his eyes to scan the field quickly at times... that might help in the case of some defenders watching the helmet when they can't see the QBs eyes. This is just one example of how refined a QBs game can become. But obviously not all college QBs work that hard to be a success in the NFL. One extreme example was Johnny Manziel never looked at game film or read a playbook while playing for Texas A&M or the Cleveland Browns. Nate Finch claims that he never saw Johnny open a playbook once. With the Browns he never even logged in on his iPad playbook. Dude just thought he could "wing it" at the NFL level. I think we have a guy at the other extreme... Caleb is a gym rat who lives, eats and breathes improving as a quarterback. In some ways he does remind me of a football version of Michael Jordan, in the sense that Caleb seems absolutely driven to be great.
This is like golf coaches. It only takes one, if he knows what he’s doing.
Getting too much advice from too many people just creates confusion— applies to golf, football, investing, nutrition, ….everything.
It sounds like his private coach is just working on what Waldron wants him working on (like getting used to working under center and getting the ball out quick. Stuff that needs reps of practice. His private coach has the technology equipment to make sure his body mechanics keep “right” as he reps too. It is no different than what the Bears coach would do if they were allowed to… the CBA doesn’t allow it but a private coach is allowed. It just so happens that Richardson and a few other young QBs will be doing their training at the same time.
+1
There is real motivation for everybody to get this tight. As I have watched CW18 adjust to the NFL game environment, I have been impressed with his focus on being successful. Whatever shortcomings he might have (and not trying to go into that dimension of his character/personality), the one thing he is not is stupid. He is going to do everything in is power to be a success as an NFL QB. That is where his long-term financial interests are. And his private QB coach has similar motivations as does Waldron.
So I expect that everybody wants to make this a well oiled smooth running machine.
Really? It’s hard to believe there’s some equipment teams can’t use.
I didn't explain that very well (sorry). The equipment is okay to use by anyone. But the Bears coaches have the number of practices limited by the CBA. These are not practices for Caleb but it's still very valuable for him to work on these things between now and summer training camp. His personal coach sounds pretty sharp in the interviews I have watched.
One thing he said that was totally new to me. He said that just because we don't see the QB's helmet move through progressions, doesn't mean the QB isn't doing it. They work on the QB using his eyes to scan the field quickly at times... that might help in the case of some defenders watching the helmet when they can't see the QBs eyes. This is just one example of how refined a QBs game can become. But obviously not all college QBs work that hard to be a success in the NFL. One extreme example was Johnny Manziel never looked at game film or read a playbook while playing for Texas A&M or the Cleveland Browns. Nate Finch claims that he never saw Johnny open a playbook once. With the Browns he never even logged in on his iPad playbook. Dude just thought he could "wing it" at the NFL level. I think we have a guy at the other extreme... Caleb is a gym rat who lives, eats and breathes improving as a quarterback. In some ways he does remind me of a football version of Michael Jordan, in the sense that Caleb seems absolutely driven to be great.
I can understand moving eyes instead of head. On the other hand, if a DB is watching QB head movements to see where the ball is going, then the QB could maybe fool him with a head fake.
i think Manziel is the exception. 99% of QBs have discipline, or wouldn’t ever get to NFL in the first place. Nobody had more work ethic than Justin Fields. That’s one of the reasons his teammates liked and respected him. It should be the same with CW.