Chicago Bears’ Caleb Williams confirms shocking Matt Eberflus rumors

Caleb Williams’ rookie struggles with Chicago Bears

It wasn’t all bad for Williams, as he set new Bears rookie records in passing yards (3,541) and touchdowns (20). However, the quarterback failed to live up to his No. 1 pick standing and was largely overshadowed by No. 2 pick Jayden Daniels.

Williams was coming off of one of the better games of his rookie season before taking on the Commanders, throwing for 226 yards, four touchdowns and an interception against the Jacksonville Jaguars. But starting with that Washington matchup, the quarterback had four straight games of zero touchdowns and less than 250 yards passing. Waldron was fired after Week 10.

Nine times did Williams fail to break 250 yards pass, six of those seeing him not even hit 200. His debut saw the quarterback throw for just 93 yards. There were too many times where the supposed franchise star was invisible on the field and in the box score. Enough became enough after the Bears fell 23-20 to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving and Eberflus was shown the doors.

One of the biggest problems for Williams during his rookie year was holding onto the ball too long. He’d wait for a play to develop downfield, and when it didn’t, the opposing defense had more than enough time to get to him. While his offensive line did him no favors, Williams played a sizable role in Chicago allowing a league-leading 68 sacks.

While just speculation, it seems that watching constructive film would help in that regard. Williams can see on tape other options he can target if the play doesn’t develop. Furthermore, as a weekly problem, Eberflus would seemingly want to address the issue as soon as possible. With Williams being a rookie, it’d make sense for Eberflus and Waldron to direct their quarterback to take in as much information as possible.

But the pairing went against the grain and did, nothing. It went as imagined, with the Bears going 5-12 and missing the playoffs once again. With Chicago at 4-2 at the time of their Commanders mishaps, it’s fair to wonder what some direct coaching would’ve done. Instead, Eberflus is now with the Dallas Cowboys as Ben Johnson has arrived to fix the broken Bears puzzle.