Caleb Williams flashes rare brilliance in Chicago Bears’ preseason win vs. Cincinnati Bengals

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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🗓️ 18 August 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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On this episode of the Under Center Podcast, Kenneth Davis, Josh Schrock, and Alex Shapiro break down the Chicago Bears' 27-3 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. They start by breaking down Caleb Williams’ performance, including his should-have-been touchdown pass to Rome Odunze (1:55). What are the differences between Williams and Justin Fields? Can Williams and the Bears follow the same path the Bengals did with Joe Burrow? They also discuss the chemistry between the offense and why it might take longer for Williams and some of the receivers to click (13:00). Was it smart for Matt Eberflus to leave Williams and the starters in for the entire first half (18:00)? To wrap up the offense discussion they dissect the offensive lines’ struggles (21:29) and discuss how Tyson Bagent has looked. Later, they break down what they saw from the defense and examine what is in store for Kyler Gordon in Year 3 (34:31). Then they discuss the play of the linebackers and the depth of the back seven (40:28). They turn their attention to the pass rush and look at what the Matthew Judon trade offer says about the current group. Would Judon have been a good fit with the Bears? (47:27). Finally, they share their closing thoughts on the team as a whole with just one preseason game left.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	Well, boys, it's small sample sides are starting to get us hype, even though I'm sure we're going to murky dismal on a little bit of this.
0:15.1	The Bears' offense and defense did look good, and rookie Caleb Williams shined against the Bengals.
0:20.3	Second unit on the legfront today, the Bears won 27 to 3, defeat in Cincinnati.
0:25.8	Let's start off right there with Caleb Williams.
0:27.5	Caleb's was 6 to 13 for 75 yards, a QB rating of 64, and he rushed for a TD.
0:33.5	He probably had another TD with Rome if he put his foot down.
0:37.5	And we can hope that Tyler Scott, that was a touchdown.
0:40.3	But it was a huge chunk play if it was for a pass interference graph from behind.
0:45.2	Your thoughts on Caleb and how he played with the three-and-outs, Josh,
0:49.8	and then finally getting it going later on in the first half.
0:53.3	Yeah, I mean, I think this is probably what this season's going to be a lot of, right?
0:57.4	I think the rookie roller coaster is just going to go up and down.
1:00.3	There's going to be a lot of moments of, wow, that is a hell of a throw, the pocket presence,
1:05.9	the armed talent, the playmaking, and there's going to be times where you're like, all right, he's on the same page with Keenan Allen, there's a grounding, or hey, you know, miscommunication
1:14.8	here on a route, or, you know, the offensive line still needs to gel. So, I mean, you know,
1:20.4	it was really ugly early. I mean, those first, the first three series were, it was a tough hang, man. It was a really tough hang with me and Caleb Williams
1:29.0	today. And the flash, the flash is a. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was ready to go. I was ready to just
1:35.6	pick up my bag and get out of here. We're going to do that. But no, the, the, the, the last drive.
1:40.5	I mean, the flashes of brilliance, I mean, the Bengals, twos and threes, but I thought the
1:45.5	play to Rome where Rome was out of bounds. That was the play of the day. I don't care if it doesn't
1:49.7	count. Like that, that was absolutely insane pocket presence, evasiveness, freeze the rusher,
1:57.6	sprinting out of bounds, throws an absolute rope. And because for some reason,
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