NFL coaches are concerned about Caleb Williams' processing abilities (Hour 3)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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In the third hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by Score reporter Chris Emma, who shared a Bears report live from Halas Hall. He focused on the Bears’ decision to play their starters against the Bills on Sunday in their second preseason game. After that, Spiegel and Holmes reacted to NFL coaches and executives expressing concern about Bears quarterback Caleb Williams’ processing abilities in a survey recently conducted by The Athletic.

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0:00.0	We'll go next to Chris Emma from 670 to score.
0:06.2	Go ahead, Chris Emma.
0:07.5	I will fight Chris Emma.
0:09.0	Name the time, name the place.
0:10.2	I'll be there, Chris Emma.
0:11.5	Covering the Bears for 670 the score.
0:14.1	Covering the Bears quite a bit as he always does, and we're always happy to have him aboard.
0:18.9	Chris Emma.
0:19.6	Yeah, we got you, Chris.
0:37.9	Chris, you look like you're working that technology about like I did. Lead Bears Rider for 670thescore.com. We have time for one more, Chris Emma. This will be the last one. Well, coach, just say the word, and I'll get my technique fine-tuned and ready for your offensive line. Chris Emma with Spiegel and Holmes. I like it, I like it.
0:39.7	On 670 the score.
0:42.6	We like it too.
0:45.0	Chris Emma has got our bears hit for us.
0:47.4	He joins us on the Circa Resort and Casino Hotline,
0:50.5	Circa, Las Vegas.com.
0:54.6	Okay, Emma, what are we seeing up at Hallis Hall these days?
1:00.7	Guys, good to be with you, a hour or two hours or so on the practice field for the Bears today with Caleb Williams and the starters getting some situational work in there, some scripted work
1:05.3	throughout the day. The story today is what Ben Johnson told us before practice, which is that
1:10.2	Caleb Williams and the Bears starters will be on the field Sunday night at Soldier Field.
1:14.9	And this is obviously different from this past Sunday where they kept the starters out.
1:19.6	Ben Johnson got another reason why they didn't play last weekend and why they will play on Sunday.
1:24.9	So here's Ben Johnson.
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