All 22 breakdown of Williams, and the IOL *it's sad/bad*

As far as Waldron goes, he is in the same category as Williams. I know the reputation, but show me on Sundays
I have not formed an opinion on him yet.
I know Williams was not a factor in that win. At least to my eyes. I haven’t decided on Waldron yet. I didn’t see anything that I can say I didn’t like but saw no magic either.
To be fair, he is working with a completely rookie QB that he doesn’t quite know the best yet and an OL with a weak center
I don’t know what the center position looks like for the next draft but they aren’t that hard to get in terms of what you have to give up to get one, we need a nasty lock down center.
Right now, we do have a nasty one but not in the same way I was hoping for

You are being to kind w/saying it was just a weak C. no one on the OL had a good take T to T. That Tenn DL is legit and Daniels points out he doesn't think the OL will look this bad again. But as JTO point out, you cannot be substituting in OL players like the Bears were. 

I'm like JABF, I'm tired of the Bears constantly passing on the C like it doesn't matter. It's been a long time since Kreutz was here, and the Bears haven't had anything really close sense either. 

Yeah I was surprised they didn't draft an IOL in round 3.  This really need to be a priority in round 2 of 2025, maybe even both picks that round.

Here is the tweet; and thanks for the find Malaga ton of good info here.



Chicago Football Connection

@cfcbears

After watching, rewatching and combing through the All-22, here are my thoughts on the Bears week 1 win vs the Titans
- Caleb Williams had a rough day. But it was a little bit better on the rewatches. If Allen doesn’t drop that TD, a couple balls don’t get batted at the line, and the line holds up for half a second longer on a few plays it would have been a fine debut. Excuses work in week 1, if we’re still making excuses at the end of the year we have a problem
- Shane Waldron was operating like he was in year 4 in Seattle, not year 1 in Chicago with a rookie QB, new center, and 2 new WRs. The simple stuff worked, roll with it
- the Bears have two solid young OTs but I do wonder if they are at their ceiling at solid. Which wouldn’t be the worst thing.
- Teven Jenkins was their worst OL, Shelton played slightly better than I thought outside of 2 plays. Teven won’t be that bad again this year but the whole interior needs an overhaul this offseason
- Gervon Dexter flashed high end traits and abilities multiple times. But wasn’t playing at a high level on a snap by snap basis. If he can become more consistent the Bears have a superstar
- Jaylon Johnson is the best CB in football which makes Tyrique Stevenson the most important CB in football. Teams aren’t even going to challenge JJ so he will be targeted a lot this year. So far he’s delivered
- when Austin Booker was on the field the Titans found him and ran right at him
- I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself with Darrell Taylor. He was as advertised as a rusher but played the run too which is not his strength. But if he plays the first 6 weeks like he did Sunday we should be talking extension.
- Demarcus Walker is a really solid player. He plays the run and rushes the passer from multiple alignments. He’s the type of player you need on your team to win a Super Bowl but isn’t the guy who wins you a Super Bowl if that makes sense



This is why Booker is depth and why Taylor and Walker are well ahead of him and Walker is starting. So glad Dexter is getting praise, thought he played well last year. Booker is a prospect and should be used sparingly until he figures out how to stop the run.

Cannot disagree w/anything they said about the OL, T-T none were good. I do disagree that the T's ceiling is passable, if that's it, you need 2 new OT's as well as 3 IOL. 

Stevenson had an amazing day, that TD he gave up was an outstanding play by the WR more then it was a blown play by him; and he more then made up for it. 

I think that's the biggest complaint about Waldron, he needs to realize what he's working with and adjust. His stuff can work, but he needs to make sure his qb, and the players around the qb can do what he's asking.