Bears have poured everything into ramping up Caleb.

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I agree with your entire post, but especially with the above point that you make there.  Caleb has been set up with the support needed to succeed.  He also seems to be a rare talent to begin with.  And on top of those two factors he has also been paired with a coach (Shane Waldron) who has proven to be good developing QB's.  What he did to resurrect Geno Smith's career in particular was impressive.  And we've read how Waldron's offense is easier to learn than many others.  It is set up so that players don't have to overthink anything and consequently can be more relaxed and instinctual.  Even the terminology has been set up with the intent of making it easy for all the players (not just QB) to master.  In contrast I remember people saying Nagy's offense took 3 years to master (LOL, like that was a good thing). 

Even with all the above mentioned factors in play, I still expect we will see a mix of good stuff this year and bad stuff from Caleb.  Even C.J. Stroud, who had a fantastic rookie season last year, had some bad moments and even bad games.  That's just part of any rookie experience no matter how talented they are.  But I still think the Bears need to let Caleb start.  Even if he struggles at times (and he will) he will be fine, and learn - and next season he will be that much better with a year of experience under his belt.      

 

BIH, I was thinking that as I was typing that reply.  It should be a "water is wet" type of thing.  But not with the Bears.  They bring a young kid in and give him crap supporting talent, change his mechanics - and hand him a playbook that takes 3 years to learn (bragging about how complex it was)  - and somehow they wonder why these kids fail here.  LOL.  It is bat-sh$t crazy stuff.  Fields may or may not be an NFL talent.  I don't know, and at this point I really don't care.  But he definitely had some talent to do what he did at Ohio State.  I saw that with my own eyes.  But I do believe the Bears did not provide the environment for QB success here.  Sure, we can quibble, and even argue about how good or bad the QBs were, I have no issue with that.  But this was a hell-hole for rookies to come to.  I am so thankful for Poles changing the support infrastructure here (players and coaches).

Now we need Flus to step up and coach to win, not to lose.