No one is arguing that Celeb's not talented. There are so many QBs that flopped who were talented. I'm sort of getting tired of hearing about Caleb's talent, personally.
Caleb having a rocket arm doesn't do a lot for me. Jeff George had a rocket arm. Many have had rocket arms. Daniels proved he could see the field better than Williams, find open receivers better, make decisions quicker, and most of all, lead his team on drives and score points better. All without a rocket arm. Yes, he had better coaching. Better line too.
I think Daniels would have been able to do that in Chi better than Williams was able to do that in Chi if he went to us. He wouldn't have taken Chi to the playoffs but he would have done better than Williams because of those things I mentioned I think. If you disagree with that, okay.
I also don't think Williams would have done nearly as well as Daniels if he had been in Washington. You think he would have had similar results. Okay.
But here's the thing...Chicago Bears fans seem to have this gigantic confirmation bias with these two guys. Bears fans want so desperately to believe Daniels will end up being RGIII and Williams will end up being Josh Allen that they don't seem to see reality in front of them with Daniels. We don't know who Williams is going to be. I pray he figures out how to see the field better and not look like a deer in headlights, process much faster and get rid of the ball faster. If he can do that, sure seems like he could be great. But that's a huge if. We all want that. Real bad. But to my way of thinking again, that is a huge if.
Daniels has already shown he can do all those things. Now Williams, with a better offensive mind, will show us if he can do them next year. Feels like we've all been in this boat a lot over the last bunch of years. Williams certainly has more talent that Mitch and Fields did but the one thing that scares me is that I'm not so sure someone can learn how to process better and see the field better in a significant way. Maybe it's just having the game slow down, something that happens after experience. We'll see next year.
The whole processing thing is bullshit. He could see the field. The problem is the IOL was so leaky that Williams and both play callers could not trust the protection.
Why do you think Brown was calling all of those ridiculous WR screens? If a QB can’t get to the proper depth on his drops and can’t step up into the pocket, they’re basically done.
I don’t give a damn who you are, if the o-line is leaky in the middle, you’re going to struggle.
Even with all that, Caleb put the team into position to win a number of games where they came up short including head-to-head with Daniels.
If the Bears had converted a few more of those opportunities, the narrative would be drastically different.
By the way, that offense that Kliff is running is about as simple as it gets. In the last game, they were primarily running the triple option.
Against the Bucs, it was a ton of mesh concepts and RPOs. The Bucs were so frightened by Daniels threat to run, they were deploying two spies on some downs. It is all part of the package and he’s an elite runner. I don’t think it is sustainable in the NFL.
There’s no denying he’s a talented football player.
I believe what Caleb dealt with this year will make him stronger. That guy is mentally tough and a great competitor. Plus, he’s tough as nails. Even if he paints his nails.
