Caleb Williams’ relationship with coach Ben Johnson is always going to be the center attention with the Bears, as it has been since Day 1 at Halas Hall together
Caleb Williams’ relationship with coach Ben Johnson is always going to be the center attention with the Bears, as it has been since Day 1 at Halas Hall together. A QB and coach have been the centerpiece for dynasties with Kansas City and New England in multiple Super Bowl runs and this is the kind of thing Williams has aspired to since he was drafted.
“He’s a unique cat,” Williams said. “Love him to death. He’s a unique cat in that he’s like a mad scientist that doesn’t speak what he’s thinking. You try and figure him out and I’ve gotten a lot better with it over time now.”It should be easier for Williams if he remembers the key from Day 1 with Johnson’s warning: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. “Like, he’ll crack jokes but you’ll think he’s dead-ass serious and so you don’t laugh,” Williams said. “Then he’ll say, like, it was a joke. You all can laugh.”He finds figuring out his coach fun and also a continuing challenge over the next few years, but has found something he likes about Johnson already that isn’t hard to understand. “He wants to whup everybody’s ass,” Williams said. “He’s like a player, in a sense, because it’s like he’s out there.” Caleb Williams will continue to improve in Chicago. Ben Johnson has some great play designs and he is very good at working with Caleb.Williams was not speaking literally in this regard because he said Johnson doesn’t try to act like he is one of the players or that what he does is more important. “He is like a player: He wants to whup everybody’s ass, every coach, every defense,” Williams added. “And for me, I love it because I feel the same way. I’m on the same wavelength. I’m on the same vibe.”“But going out there and putting up 50, being the best offense to ever touch the grass is kind of the mindset,” he said.Could this be the next step forward for the Bears' offense after finishing sixth overall in 2025, one year after they were last in the league? As long as they’re on that same wavelength there’s no telling how many 50-burgers can be produced and wins. It’s the kind of QB-coach relationship the Bears saw other teams have for decades and envied.Caleb Williams development can best be seen with how explosive the Bears were with their PA 7-step package of concepts.Gene Chamberlain has covered the Chicago Bears full time as a beat writer since 1994 and prior to this on a part-time basis for 10 years. He covered the Bears as a beat writer for Suburban Chicago Newspapers, the Daily Southtown, Copley News Service and has been a contributor for the Daily Herald, the Associated Press, Bear Report, CBS Sports.com and The Sporting News. He also has worked a prep sports writer for Tribune Newspapers and Sun-Times newspapers.Raiders Release Statement After Response to Messy Decision to Shut Down Maxx Crosby
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