Did Bears make yet another QB mistake by drafting Caleb Williams?

Finding a franchise quarterback has been a lengthy and never-ending fight for the Chicago Bears. They typically get it wrong. 

In the 2017 NFL Draft, the Bears owned the No. 3 overall pick and traded up one spot so they could select Mitch Trubisky. It did not work. Eight picks later, the Kansas City Chiefs took a young quarterback by the name of Patrick Mahomes. 

After it became clear that Trubisky was not going to pan out, the Bears used the No. 11 pick in 2021 on Justin Fields. While that ended up being a weak quarterback class, the next pick after Fields was star pass-rusher Micah Parsons. 

After a couple of disappointing years, the Bears again decided they did not have the right quarterback, and thanks to a shrewd trade in 2023 with the Carolina Panthers that allowed Carolina to move up to take quarterback Bryce Young with the top pick, the Bears found themselves with the No. 1 overall pick in a quarterback-heavy 2024 class. 

They selected Caleb Williams over Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye. Just a year-and-a-half into it, Bears fans have to be asking if the team got it wrong at the most important position. Again.

That's not only because of what Williams is doing, but also because of what the Daniels and Maye have done so far.

Caleb Williams looks least effective of top three QBs from 2024 class

Through his first 24 games in the NFL, Williams has looked mostly okay. He has not been a clear bust who is unplayable, but there has also not been a lot of progress in his game. He has not yet taken a significant leap forward. 

He's not yet been a game-changer, even though the Bears have done everything they possibly can to surround him with playmakers on offense and an offensive-minded head coach in Ben Johnson. 

He still looks very indecisive on a lot of plays, and even worse, his accuracy seems to be regressing. He misses a lot of throws that you expect a top-tier starting quarterback to make. The fact that he is not getting better in that regard through a significant part of his second season has to be discouraging. 

He was outplayed by Tyler Huntley on Sunday in a 30-16 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, throwing a horrific, game-changing interception in the fourth quarter.