Chicago Bears: Troubling news comes out on Caleb Williams’ workout with Ben Johnson

It might have been a good thing the Chicago Bears didn’t play Caleb Williams on Sunday.

The Bears might need to hide their second-year quarterback as he irons out his wrinkles in the presnap process and with accuracy issues. The No. 1 pick in the 2024 draft struggled with timing and accuracy during the Bears’ joint practice with the Miami Dolphins on Friday.

Caleb Williams was inaccurate in the red zone against no defenders

On Sunday, head coach Ben Johnson chose not to play Williams against the Dolphins in the Bears’ first preseason game. Instead, Johnson led a workout with Williams and wide receivers Rome Odunze and DJ Moore before the game.

Per Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune, the Bears ran a total of 87 plays during the workout. All of the plays were routes on air with no defenders on the field for the scripted practice. Despite going against no defenders bringing pressure or guarding his receivers, Williams struggled to hit his targets in the red zone.

“Williams would stand next to Johnson, who would give him the play. Then, the quarterback simulated a huddle with the player (only one ran a route on each snap) and gave the play call. They’d break the huddle, go to the line of scrimmage, Williams would simulate pre-snap actions and then the play would be run…

“Before ending the session with eight deep balls, there was a 25-play set of snaps in the red zone. One thing Williams struggled to connect on was out routes to Moore and Odunze near the goal line. Those throws were not close and Williams consistently led the receivers too much.”

A closed-door problem for the Chicago Bears

The throws weren’t close during routes on air… in the red zone… seriously?

Williams wasn’t ready to take the field for the preseason game. For all of the flak he’s been getting from practice reports, the quarterback would have been relentlessly mocked for having these issues shown during an NFL Network broadcast.

Biggs’ report is troubling with a month to go before the season. Williams has much to improve upon, and the Bears are very much trying to do so without cameras present for a reason.

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