Ben Johnson believes Caleb Williams will be playing his best ball in playoffs (Hour 4)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In the final hour, Laurence Holmes and Carmen Vitali listened and reacted to Bears head coach Ben Johnson’s comments on second-year quarterback Caleb Williams’ developmental arc. Johnson believes that Williams will be playing his best football in the playoffs.

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0:00.0	Spiegel and Holmes afternoons on the score.
0:03.9	They're going quick.
0:05.4	Yeah, don't get that defense.
0:06.6	It's a little worn down after the long drive.
0:08.3	Don't give the chance to breathe.
0:09.4	Go right back out of the game.
0:12.7	Play fake.
0:13.3	Williams.
0:14.8	Looking throwing.
0:16.3	It is.
0:18.2	Touchdown.
0:25.6	Oh, Lomaday Zacchaeus. I like the idea of getting Caleb outside of the pocket. He's been so dangerous all day.
0:27.6	Drops it down barely through the arms of Nixon in coverage and finds the key.
0:33.6	What a catch, what a great camera angle.
0:36.6	Sidearm delivery through Nixon's arms and then finds the key is. What a catch. What a great camera angle. Sidearm delivery through Nixon's arms and then finds the Keias from the pylon cam. What a drive, KB.
0:44.7	You know, Caleb, he looks like Fran Tarkington out there sometimes. He's got eyes in the back of the head.
0:49.5	Like, you know, I saw a stat somewhere that like he has, 30-some unblocked blitzers or rushers,
0:56.5	and he's taking zero sacks on those guys.
0:59.1	So he just has the ability to see him coming, somehow eyes in the back of his head,
1:04.0	make guys miss, and then extend and extend plays.
1:07.4	And when he does, he threatens the entire field.
1:10.8	He can throw across his body 50 yards
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