The Chicago Bears will head into Year 2 with Caleb Williams under center. Nonetheless, during this training camp and preseason, there were questions, especially from the national media, regarding whether the USC product would have a successful second season in the NFL.
Moreover, Williams is learning a new offense under head coach Ben Johnson. Despite the concerns and takes regarding the 23-year-old, he did perform well against the Buffalo Bills in the Bears’ second preseason game.
With the 2025 NFL season on the horizon, one FS1 host is coming to the defense of Williams and calling out anyone expecting the Chicago signal-caller to be a bust.
Bears’ Caleb Williams receives backing
On Friday’s edition of “The Herd,” FS1’s Danny Parkins stated that any expectation of Williams being a bust is wishful thinking.
“Caleb Williams was good,” Parkins said. “He wasn’t great. But people talk about Caleb Williams like it’s still possible that he could be a bust. Bust is off the table—he’s good.”
While the Bears quarterback has to improve, Parkins noted that the player is good. One aspect is decreasing the 68 sack total from last season, and another is transitioning from the college game to the pros.
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“He will always be a higher-than-average sacked quarterback because of how much of a big-game hunter he is, because of how mobile he is, because he has that wizardry to do the second-option off-angle throws, the improvisation stuff,” Parkins added. “But 68 is obviously not sustainable.
“Then, I think there was a legit concern, based on what I knew and people that I talked to around the team, that Caleb was trying to get by a little bit too much on just his raw natural talent and didn’t have a complete understanding of what it took Monday through Saturday to be ready for Sunday.
“He was young, he was a rookie, wasn’t a bad guy, wasn’t unprofessional. Just there’s an adjustment of what you need to do to get ready for a college game and what you need to do to get ready for a pro game. That learning curve was there for Caleb.”
