The Chicago Bears face a challenge going into the 2025 off-season. Yes, they need to find a new head coach. However, it is slightly more complicated than that. They need to find a coach who is not just willing to work with Caleb Williams but is a staunch believer in what he could be as a quarterback. That is the problem they ran into with Matt Nagy and Mitch Trubisky. Nagy insisted he could work with Trubisky, but after just one season, it became apparent the head coach lost faith in the quarterback, leading to two years of tension and controversy. That can’t happen this time around.
If you spoke to certain people on Twitter, they’d have you believe Williams has been terrible this season. Is that view shared by prospective coach candidates going into next month? Not at all. Jeff Hughes of Da Bears Blog made it abundantly clear that Chicago’s young quarterback has plenty of fans.
His 2024 season hasn’t been perfect, but it’s been better than it has any right to be. Think about it. The young man lost his offensive coordinator and head coach in the space of a month during the season. He’s been sacked 67 times. Yet despite all of that, he cracked 3,000 yards passing, set the rookie record for consecutive pass attempts without an interception, and has a respectable 87.4 passer rating. Justin Fields’ was 86.3 last season despite taking far fewer sacks and having his coaches in place all year.
Coaches aren’t stupid. They can see the capability Caleb Williams has. The talent isn’t in question. What he needs is a cohesive scheme and better protection. If given those things, there is no reason to think he won’t have a breakout campaign in 2025.
