Bears vs. Texans preview: Can Caleb Williams match C.J. Stroud’s success?

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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On a new Under Center Podcast, Jonathan Alexander from the Houston Chronicle joins Kenneth Davis and Josh Schrock to dive into the Bears' upcoming clash against the Texans on Sunday Night Football. They explore whether Caleb Williams can follow in the footsteps of CJ Stroud (2:00), and Jonathan reflects on when he first realized Stroud and the Texans had something special. Alexander also details how Stroud’s teammates came to believe in him. They discuss how the Texans’ vital QB-offensive coordinator relationship developed (8:09). Then, they dissect the Texans' improved run game (10:51), and look at how Stefon Diggs is fitting in after his departure from the Bills (13:50). Later, they look at how the Texans aim to prevent big plays (15:40), if they can exploit the Bears' interior offensive line weakness (17:22), and the rise of Will Anderson as a leader (18:50). They wrap up with predictions and a look at how the Bears' defense can stop Stroud and the Texans' offense in this highly anticipated matchup (22:30).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Under Center podcast, and of course we have to get the Houston, Texas angle as the Bears travel to Houston to take on the Texas.
0:19.5	And I hope us with that.
0:20.8	Jonathan M. Alexander, he covers Houston, Texas in to take on the Texas. And help us with that. Jonathan M. Alexander.
0:22.6	He covers Houston, Texas, and the NFL for the Houston Chronicle.
0:25.8	Follow him at John M. Alexander.
0:27.6	John, how are you doing right now?
0:29.1	I'm good, man.
0:30.1	Just Tuesday's a lot better than Sundays and Mondays is a little bit slower.
0:35.1	So I'm doing good.
0:37.5	Listen, Jonathan, we want something that you all have down there desperately here in Chicago.
0:43.9	And we were just talking about it prior to you joining us.
0:46.8	Our producer, Anthony, was asking was C.J. Strider, a unicorn.
0:50.7	And Josh and myself was like, yes, he's a unicorn.
0:53.0	That's just not anybody that can join the league and become one of the top
0:57.6	quarterbacks in their rookie season.
0:59.7	So let's start right there.
1:01.1	Looking at from the outside looking in, does it seem like there's a chance that I know
1:05.2	after the first game you may not be able to see that.
1:07.2	There's a chance that the Bears may have something similar brewing up with their
1:10.7	rookie quarterback in Caleb Williams. Absolutely. I mean, y'all bring up a great point. I was going
1:16.0	to try to write that for Sunday, but I think it's going to take a little bit longer. You know,
1:20.8	getting on a quarterback or having a rookie quarterback be successful is extremely difficult. I mean,
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