Caleb Williams receives scary outlook due to questionable Bears decision

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams had a breakout year in 2025, leading the Bears to an NFC North division title and a Wild Card Round playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers.

While Williams certainly deserves the lion’s share of the credit for his improvement last season, a big reason for his spike in efficiency and late-game heroics was due to his offensive line, which performed significantly better than it did the year prior.

Williams was sacked 68 times during his rookie campaign in 2024. That number dipped to just 24 times last season. Yes, Williams doing a better job of getting rid of the ball on time played a factor, but let’s just be real: the offensive line was fantastic.

That being said, the Bears’ still needed some help in the trenches heading into the NFL Draft, and while many expected them to select a tackle, they actually nabbed Iowa Hawkeyes center Logan Jones in the second round.

Unfortunately, not everyone was in love with Chicago’s decision.

Caleb Williams could be in trouble thanks to the Chicago Bears

Garrett Bradbury remains the starting center for the Bears, but there has been some chatter that Jones could ultimately displace him as the No. 1 guy come Week 1 and that Chicago could even trade Bradbury to free up a lane for Jones.

Mike Renner of CBS Sports doesn’t seem to think that would be a wise idea, labeling the Jones pick the Bears’ worst decision of the NFL Draft and giving them a D-plus for the move.

“I had three centers on my board considerably higher than Jones who were all good scheme fits for Ben Johnson’s offense. Jones’s ability to run outside zone is why he comes off the board here, but you’re going to consistently give up a lot in pass protection with him in the middle,” Renner wrote.

That certainly isn’t comforting for Williams, who still surely shudders at the thought of what happened to him behind that line during his debut campaign.

Now, on the positive side, Iowa has long been known for being an offensive line factory. Yes, there were some duds like Robert Gallery, but for the most part, the Hawkeyes have done a tremendous job producing good to great NFL offensive linemen.

Let’s just hope that Jones follows that track and ends up surprising as a pass blocker rather than rolling out the red carpet for sacks.

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