Matt Eberflus, the Chicago Bears’ head coach, has been throwing everything at rookie quarterback Caleb Williams in practice, including novel pressures. Eberflus is attempting to teach Williams the difficult lessons above crushing the easy ones early and repeatedly. Will this work? Only time will tell. What coach has ever thrown all they know at a rookie quarterback during training camp?
As Bears fans, we frequently hear, “We are dialling things back or making it easy.” Williams hasn’t been given that opportunity. I’m not sure if this is a good thing, but Williams hasn’t shown that it’s breaking him. Williams stated that he is focussing on who is blitzing, where he is going, and what plays he needs to look into based on what he sees on the pitch. I’m not trying to compare him to Justin Fields, but how can you not?
Matt Eberflus learnt from Justin Fields’ experience.
Fields struggles to know when he should and shouldn’t rip the ball. His ability to read a blitz is virtually non-existent. However, Justin Fields possesses excellent deep ball accuracy, arm strength, and the ability to escape sacks and make plays with his feet. After two years of working with Fields, Eberflus appears to have learnt what he needed to educate his new quarterback.
Eberflus wants Williams to be able to recognise what he sees on the pitch and make the appropriate decision. Don’t embarrass me, but Fields’ deep ball accuracy still appears to be far superior to Williams’. But it won’t matter if Williams notices that it’s open faster. I kind of like what Eberflus is doing. I anticipated him to do that with Justin Fields, but it sometimes take time for coaches to figure out how to shape a rookie quarterback in the NFL.
Work smarter, not harder, to achieve greater results. How could you not be pleased about the coach learning to do things differently? I don’t blame the coach for realising it later in life. We are all humans. This post will most likely not be published before the preseason game, but I would want to see him play and see if he can improve on his collegiate performance.
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