If anybody has a right to be frustrated with Ryan Poles, it is the quarterback he drafted into this mess. The Chicago Bears GM thought he had the table set perfectly. Shane Waldron was hired as an experienced offensive coordinator. The offensive line was the deepest it has been in years. They had actual weapons at wide receiver. Everything was aligned. Except no, they weren’t. Waldron was fired after nine games for incompetence. Matt Eberflus followed a few weeks later. Williams has been sacked 56 times with four games remaining. Even the fancy receivers have disappointed.
One would understand if the quarterback was angry with Poles. He certainly has viable grievances to be. However, Williams didn’t take that road. He told the Chicago media on Thursday that people don’t understand the Bears GM. While he may come across as relatively unemotional to the cameras, nobody is more committed to making this team a winner than him.
“Being able to be around him, being able to see the type of guy he is, how much he cares. You all only get to see a glimpse of it from [an outside] perspective. And then obviously in the media, we did ‘Hard Knocks’ recently and you kind of got a glimpse of it. The amount that he cares about us, the Chicago Bears and wanting to win is why my faith is in him and believing in him and making sure that we get it right. That’s my short answer to it.”
The quarterback has stated many times his goal is to win championships. Nothing else matters. If he senses somebody around him isn’t dedicated to that same task, he won’t have much to say to them. The fact he was willing to stick up for Poles says a lot. It may also explain why team president Kevin Warren made it clear the team isn’t moving on from the GM. While some mistakes have been made, he’s still young and has done good things as well. Caleb Williams is one of them. Fix the coaching staff and plug some holes on the roster and this team can make the jump to playoff contention. Williams seems to believe that despite recent events. Sometimes, when you have patience with a person, they figure it out. Maybe the quarterback is hinting that should be the case with the GM.
