Through W11, #Bears pass protection for Caleb is nearly identical to what Trubisky had in 2018.
And better than Fields had in 2021.
It doesn’t feel like it because Waldron’s play design & calling resulted in too many plays taking too long to develop.
We saw in Thomas Brown’s offense the OL hold up better against a much tougher DL, with Caleb faring better getting the ball out quicker supported by smarter play calling & encouraging him to be decisive & use his legs sometimes.
We saw in Thomas Brown’s offense the OL hold up better against a much tougher DL, with Caleb faring better getting the ball out quicker supported by smarter play calling & encouraging him to be decisive & use his legs sometimes.
Caleb is bailing this OL out at times, and he is failing the OL at times by holding onto the ball too long. It's that old thing about two things can be true at the same time. The PFF stats they use on that chart are, well, PFF stats and don't necessarily mean much to me. I do agree that Thomas Brown helped the situation with Caleb and the OL, both. I hope this is not a situation where defenses now have film on Brown's offense and adjust accordingly. We will soon see.
I subscribe to PFF and there is some value in their grading. Of all position groups I think their OL grades are weakest. They have some value but they're not gospel truth by any means. That's just my take on it, and may be wrong. But I do believe there are layers to the problems on offense. Coaching, Caleb, dumb avoidable penalties, OL and even dropped passes in key moments too. Caleb needs to do better, the OL needs to be better (a lot better) and the coaches need to be better - in 2025 I'm hoping all three do better.
