How Bears Quarterback Caleb Williams Has Become a Leader in Chicago
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is embracing his leadership role as he enters his third season in the NFL.
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What's going on everybody?
Nicholas Moriano here from Bears Roundtable Sports.
Today was the last day of mandatory mini camp at Halas Hall, and one of the plays that reporters were discussing on social media was a explosive passing play from Caleb Williams to Luther Burden.
After Luther Burden caught the ball, he went into the end zone and apparently thought he scored, except that wasn't the case.
And then Caleb Williams immediately sprung into action, hurrying Luther back to the huddle so that they can spike the ball and continue on from there.
But it was a good example right then and there, even though Luther maybe would've scored in a real game according to reports, but Caleb Williams took it upon himself to make sure that even though that wasn't the case in the practice period, they still got the play off, so were able to spike the ball.
But that's just a part of what being the Chicago Bears starting quarterback means, taking upon a bigger leadership role.
Here's what Caleb had to say about that play and how it speaks to the leader he now is going into his third NFL season.
He said, "When you're in practice, you deal with those things, not knowing if you scored or not, not being in pads, so you just trying to reel him back in.
I saw from a distance that two different refs were saying two different things, touchdown on one side and the other side was not.
So just being able to reel them back in and get them ready to score again, I think that happens often and it's just doing my part in better communication or them being able to understand."
Again, this is this new norm, I think, for Caleb Williams as he's entering his third NFL season, second year with Ben Johnson, and this is also coming off an off season where a lot of leaders are now gone from this team from a season ago.
Wide receiver DJ Moore, center Drew Dalman.
You have safety Kevin Byard and linebacker Tremaine Edmunds.
Those- three of those four guys were vocal leaders at their respective positions, and now they're gone.
So naturally, somebody has to step up and as the quarterback of the team, it makes sense that Caleb Williams is starting to feel more inclined to do so, and just more comfortable in doing so.
And that's what Caleb's gonna have to show as he goes on through this year and the rest of his NFL career as teammates, players, other positions look up to him to see how he's handling things.
Just a part of being the Chicago Bears quarterback and another responsibility Caleb Williams has to take upon himself as he goes through his NFL career.
