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Caleb Williams Film Study
The best one yet.
Sunday’s performance was as promising as we’ve seen from Caleb Williams since he arrived in Chicago last year, regardless of opponent.
The Dallas Cowboys’ secondary was vulnerable, and Williams exploited it for 298 yards, four touchdowns, and a 142.6 passer rating en route to a 31-14 victory. You can chalk it up to the Cowboys’ bad defense, but that’s what good quarterbacks do to bad defenses.
But missing the sizeable growth for Williams, week-over-week, would be a mistake.
His head coach, Ben Johnson, said this week that Caleb Williams is improving, not only in the box score but also operationally. He is getting plays out quicker and getting things snapped clean, setting up the offense for more success post-snap.
“I’m looking at his numbers — 142.6 pass rating and four touchdowns. I thought he was good. And the thing that you don’t see on the stat sheet is he’s getting a lot more comfortable calling those plays in the huddle. We were able to get out of the huddle a little bit faster, and we were able to get on the line and operate a little bit cleaner as well. I was proud of him for that.”
In addition to his head coach’s assessment of Williams’ improved pre-snap operation, the film shows a much calmer and confident operation after the snap from the second-year quarterback. He wasn’t sacked once on Sunday against Dallas, something he’s never experienced in his young NFL career.
Williams’ footwork this week was the best I’ve ever seen from him, at any level. Johnson agreed:
“In terms of the execution, he’s getting a lot better. A lot more comfortable with his footwork, his repetitions. Not just for the concepts that we’ve been doing from the springtime to training camp, but we’re putting in new ones each week. He’s got a good system in place right now that he’s adhering to, and it’s showing up on gameday where we’re starting to reap some of the awards from that.”
Let’s dive into some of Williams’ Week 3 performance.
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