Despite being one of the most publicized rookie field marshal in recent memory such as General Selection number 1 in the NFL Draft last year, the first Caleb Williams campaign with the Chicago Bears became one to forget. A promising start 4-2, which was at a play of having 5-2, gave way to one of the worst collapses in more than a century of the Bears soccer thanks in large part to a final play against the Washington commanders.
After scoring a progress touchdown with only 27 seconds in week 7 against the commanders, the bears ripped off the hearts in the final play when, after the Bears chose to allow Washington to complete two short passes through the field marshal Jayden Daniels. It was a bad look for the bears coach Matt Eberflus, worsened by the way things were handled behind the scene.
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During an interview with Esquire, Caleb Williams said Matt Eberflus handled week 7 Hail Mary Loss “disturbed” the bears’s locker room. The loss was the product not only of a strategic elaboration by Eberflus, but also the lack of discipline. The final play required that the corner Tyrique Stevenson protects Noah Brown, but Stevenson began the play turning his back to make fun of the crowd, and then jumped into the pass instead of staying on the floor to defend it.
“As [Eberflus] He handled it at that time, for that game, I think it was one of the things that in all the costumes that people spoke and was upset about, “Williams told Esquire.
Things never improved for the Bears or for Eberflus, who was fired after a thanksgiving loss that inexplicably saw him not calling a waiting time in the diminishing moments of the game, which allowed time to expire instead of giving his team the opportunity to score. Under the interim coach Thomas Brown, the Bears would not win a game until their end of the season against the Green Bay Packers.
With the Eberflus regime now in the past, Williams will soon be prepared for his second NFL season with the new coach Ben Johnson. Williams completed 62.5 percent of his passes for 3,541 yards with 20 touchdowns and six interceptions as a rookie, but also took 68 captures.
