LAKE FOREST, Sick. — Caleb Williams has spent the previous three weeks of follow getting a really feel for the probabilities of the Chicago Bears’ offense, and he left obligatory minicamp Thursday with one prevailing thought.
“Proper now we’re working with our head down and we’re constructing,” Williams stated. “So simply having that second with myself, I do it every single day. I sit there and I say, ‘We will be fairly rattling good.'”
Williams, the No. 1 choose within the 2024 draft, skilled ups and downs all through the Bears’ three-day minicamp, however coach Matt Eberflus stated he noticed progress with how Williams dealt with Thursday’s purple zone interval in comparison with final week. The rookie quarterback additionally improved the way in which he lined up formations and adjusted protections, and he displayed an understanding of varied cross ideas.
“I believe that Caleb is a expertise,” Eberflus stated. “An excellent expertise. His recreation will go to the place it must be.”
Williams praised his teammates for being “sleek and inspiring” to him all through practices by uplifting him on days when the offense excelled and providing phrases of encouragement when the unit struggled.
The quarterback famous his struggles with perfecting the cadence, which Eberflus stated earlier within the week he wished the whole offense to enhance upon earlier than dismissing veteran gamers till coaching camp.
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By the top of minicamp, Williams stated he felt he improved in not being too loud or too quiet when vocalizing the snap depend and in exhibiting his potential to throw with anticipation in comparison with earlier within the week.
“I did not are available essentially with the expectation to be and look like a 13-year vet,” Williams stated. “I got here in to work, to work my tail off, present the blokes that I am right here, I am working my tail off, I am progressing and attempting to not make the identical mistake once more. That is the largest factor, day in and time out, is attempting to not make the identical mistake time and again and study from them.”
Bears rookies will wrap up spring exercises subsequent week with one other three days of OTA practices earlier than breaking for the summer time. Within the coming weeks, Chicago’s entrance workplace will work to get each of the staff’s first-round picks — Williams and extensive receiver Rome Odunze — beneath contract.
The worth of Williams’ four-year contract is an estimated $39.5 million with a $25.5 million signing bonus. Williams isn’t represented by an agent and is deferring to a staff of legal professionals and advisors to get the deal achieved.
“I am not dealing with that,” Williams stated. “I have been targeted on these previous three days of minicamp, the OTAs earlier than that and rookie camp earlier than that. … I’ve legal professionals and attorneys to deal with issues like that so I may be free-minded on the sector, having fun with coming into work every single day and dealing my tail off.”
