Caleb Williams is starting to cook | Football 301
Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice and fantasy analyst Matt Harmon discuss the Bears recent scoring surge and how Caleb Williams is leading the way on offense. Hear the full conversation on “Football 301” - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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The Bears offense is about to start soaring their next three games against the commanders, the Cardinals and the Patriots.
So, Matt, are you buying or selling that the, the Bears offense is starting to roll.
I I am buying this.
Uh They look, obviously they're coming off a big performance against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London before the buy.
So I think, and we have talked about this a lot that I think you can map steady improvement throughout the course of Caleb williams' season.
I thought it was interesting from nextgen stats.
Caleb Williams has completed 34 of his 47 attempts towards inbreaking routes.
So in slant post angle cross, um his plus 28.4 EPA on such attempts is the third most in the NFL and he's got a 10.8 yards per attempt when targeting in breakers this season.
That's the most among rookie quarterbacks since 2018, which I think makes the point here.
They haven't really tried to Mickey Mouse or like hold his hand.
Oh, they've been like, hey, go diving board off the freaking deep end over here and like sink or swim baby.
And I think he is really starting to swim is Caleb Williams and they've clearly been trying to cook something for the long term here and I know Shane Waldron takes a lot of crap.
I've definitely given Shane Waldron a hard time, but I will also give him credit for cutting out the fat of this offense.
Yeah, I'm, I'm buying this, uh, their use of personnel, like you said, they trim the fat and they let Kielb have the full menu.
It's not just one play that we're getting too quick.
It's truly letting him signal, dictate what's going on, get the offensive line set, get the protections.
He's handled the protection since week one, which is still astounding to me that he has full control, full control of offensive line.
That is ii, I can't emphasize how unheard of that is with a rookie quarterback, especially with a team that's like, no, we want to win this here a little bit too.
Like we want, we want to make a run for the playoffs.
He has never ever looked overmatched mentally or physically.
He's tried a couple of things early in the early weeks.
You know, Texans game stands out to me.
He hasn't really gotten caught on that yet.
He has a great arm.
He has greater creation, but the fact that he's kind of the complete package.
It, it's, yeah, it's really cool.