Ben Johnson Shares Brutally Honest Assessment Of Caleb Williams

The last thing anyone in Chicago wants to hear right now is more Caleb Williams struggles. But according to his head coach, it's taking some time for the second-year QB to settle into camp.

After a mixed bag of a rookie year, expectations are high in the Windy City for the former No. 1 pick.

With Ben Johnson in the fold, a revamped offensive line and plenty of returning weapons, the runway is clear for Caleb to launch his way into superstardom. It's now just a matter of grasping what his new HC is throwing at him.

"There really isn't a ton of carryover from what he was asked to do the play calls or anything of that nature," Johnson explained (via Bears insider Adam Jahns).

"I mean, he's always been very comfortable as a shotgun quarterback going back to college and even last year. He's very comfortable in a two-minute setting. He's very comfortable with tempo-type plays, and so now we're asking him to be a little bit more structured in terms of the play calls."

"Sometimes there's multiple calls. You know, there's shifts, there's motions, there's a lot more going on mentally than probably there's ever been for him," the coach added. "And so at some point, this thing will start slowing down, and he's going to be able to catch up and his physical ability will take over from there. But right now, because mentally it is what it is, he's playing a little bit slower than what he's capable of."