Caleb Williams

[wood20ks]

If Caleb throws 1 more TD he will break the Bears rookie passing record that has stood since 1942.

Thats funny.....

Good trivia question.......my guess would be Luckman's record??
If not its gotta be Lujack's......??

 

[averagejoe]

Thats funny.....

Good trivia question.......my guess would be Luckman's record??
If not its gotta be Lujack's......??

Good guess... but no.
How sad is this?

 

[wood20ks]

Good guess... but no.
How sad is this?

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Wow that is pathetic......never heard of Charlie O,and a backup had 11......?
O'Rouke did that with 37 completions.....thats nuts.

If you didnt give a year,my guess would have been Jim McMahon or Luckman.

Thanks for the tidbit.

 

[BearsWillWin]

Nice bit of trivia there.

O'Rourke only attempted 88 passes that year but threw 16 interceptions. Also nagged 3 interceptions on defense and punted the ball 23 times.

Much different game back then.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Despite Caleb's up and down season, and it might be safe to say there have been more downs than up at this point, he's still on target for a decent year, at least stats wise. If he maintains his current average passing YPG, he would end up with 3700 yards. However, in his last three games, all against the very tough Norris opponents, he's averaged 276 YPG. Now extrapolate those numbers out for the remainder of the year and he could end with almost 4000 yards passing. Probably not likely, what with the winter weather setting in - the final three games will all be played in the very cold and possibly snow, which more often than not dampens a QB's numbers. Still, I'm amazed at the possibilities considering the year our team is having.

 

[wood20ks]

Despite Caleb's up and down season, and it might be safe to say there have been more downs than up at this point, he's still on target for a decent year, at least stats wise. If he maintains his current average passing YPG, he would end up with 3700 yards. However, in his last three games, all against the very tough Norris opponents, he's averaged 276 YPG. Now extrapolate those numbers out for the remainder of the year and he could end with almost 4000 yards passing. Probably not likely, what with the winter weather setting in - the final three games will all be played in the very cold and possibly snow, which more often than not dampens a QB's numbers. Still, I'm amazed at the possibilities considering the year our team is having.

Get that oline tweaked,his inaccurate passes tweaked,Caleb will no doubt break the elusive 4000 yd mark......

We finally have that qb we have always wanted.......

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Get that oline tweaked,his inaccurate passes tweaked,Caleb will no doubt break the elusive 4000 yd mark......

We finally have that qb we have always wanted.......

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Two critiques that I believe are fair regarding Caleb's first season, and you just mentioned one of them. He does need to improve on his accuracy. Obviously not all bad passes are directly his fault. Sometimes he has to hurry his throws due to the other team's pass rush. I'm sure there are other occasions when perhaps the receiver was in the wrong spot. But all in all, he does need to work on this. His other less-than-great trait is the tendency to hold onto the ball too long. Again, there are other factors that aren't all against him. I'd nonetheless like to see him either throw shorter, quicker passes or for plays that take a little more time to develop, he needs to know when to throw the ball away once the pocket is collapsing. Way too many sacks, these need to be cut down dramatically.

 

[wood20ks]

Two critiques that I believe are fair regarding Caleb's first season, and you just mentioned one of them. He does need to improve on his accuracy. Obviously not all bad passes are directly his fault. Sometimes he has to hurry his throws due to the other team's pass rush. I'm sure there are other occasions when perhaps the receiver was in the wrong spot. But all in all, he does need to work on this. His other less-than-great trait is the tendency to hold onto the ball too long. Again, there are other factors that aren't all against him. I'd nonetheless like to see him either throw shorter, quicker passes or for plays that take a little more time to develop, he needs to know when to throw the ball away once the pocket is collapsing. Way too many sacks, these need to be cut down dramatically.

Right now Im not too wortied about it........next season will be concerning if it continues to happen with a (hopefully) ramped up oline and a year under his belt.....then it may get worrisome.

But he fladhes the reason why he was rated no.1 qb coming out of college.

 

[beardown07]

Despite Caleb's up and down season, and it might be safe to say there have been more downs than up at this point, he's still on target for a decent year, at least stats wise. If he maintains his current average passing YPG, he would end up with 3700 yards. However, in his last three games, all against the very tough Norris opponents, he's averaged 276 YPG. Now extrapolate those numbers out for the remainder of the year and he could end with almost 4000 yards passing. Probably not likely, what with the winter weather setting in - the final three games will all be played in the very cold and possibly snow, which more often than not dampens a QB's numbers. Still, I'm amazed at the possibilities considering the year our team is having.

Caleb will be fine. We just need competent coaching. He's playing remarkable in spite of the coaching.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Right now Im not too wortied about it........next season will be concerning if it continues to happen with a (hopefully) ramped up oline and a year under his belt.....then it may get worrisome.

But he fladhes the reason why he was rated no.1 qb coming out of college.

Caleb will be fine. We just need competent coaching. He's playing remarkable in spite of the coaching.

Agreed with you both. Don't want to come across as being negative on Caleb, I'm just pointing out what I feel are the remaining flaws in his rookie season. To the contrary, I've been liking a lot more from what I see of him lately. I think this has already been pointed out, but that he's only thrown one INT in the past nine games tells me he's really starting to get the hang of things. Yes, improvement is needed, but no doubt he's heading in the right direction. I'm like you guys, all in!!!

 

[DJ Fieri]

Strange to see Bears fans wanting to start Bagent.

That would be like the Dolphins starting Skylar Thompson when they have a healthy Tua.

 

[averagejoe]

From Sports Mockery:

If [Caleb Williams'] current trajectory holds, he is projected to finish with 3,590 yards passing, 529 rushing, 20 touchdown passes, and six interceptions.

Forget the best rookie passing season. That would qualify as the sixth-best season ever in franchise history for somebody who started at least 12 games.

 

[wood20ks]

From Sports Mockery:

If [Caleb Williams'] current trajectory holds, he is projected to finish with 3,590 yards passing, 529 rushing, 20 touchdown passes, and six interceptions.

Forget the best rookie passing season. That would qualify as the sixth-best season ever in franchise history for somebody who started at least 12 games.

Thats kinda crazy......even tho they schedule 17 games these days....
For a team thats been around for over a 100 years,thats kinda crazy to think.

 

[trojanfan12]

Saw recently that he has only thrown 5 INTs all year and hasn't thrown one in 7 straight games which is a rookie record.