Caleb Williams Got Beat Up In Bears Loss To Texans 

Thanks for being both realistic and optimistic. The degree of pessimism on Reddit was aggressive. I hope Caleb doesn’t let all this talk get to him. There are multiple areas that need improvement.

Bears lead rusher Swift had 14 carries for 18 yards. That makes everything sooo much harder on Caleb.

As a bears fan I appreciate this take Chris!!!

Another year Bears didn't invest in line. They bought cheap avg lineman to replace their old cheap avg lineman. Center is brutal again year after year

I just hate that we as bear fans have go through this 🤦🏽‍♂️💯

3 times he got blindsided by rushers that were never even touched. He's was playing very well until the D figured out our o-line. After that it was red rover, red rover, let the Texans come over. They need to fix this now. I don't understand how they could be this bad. With an O-line like this you can't even run the ball. Let alone throw it.

Texans fan. I was impressed by Caleb. Gritty performance. I never felt comfortable when they had the ball. With AR, I knew he would make wildly good plays, but I also know he would follow those up with enough wildly bad plays that it would balance out

Id'ing at the college bar line😂😂😭

Also, when the Texans were down 0-2 the begging of last year Houston was saying the same old thing here, we go again. You have to give rookies at least one season, not 2 games, lol

Crazy thing is they only lost by 6 and had a chance to win the game .

Lost by 6 to arguably a top 5 team in the NFL, on the road, in the 2nd week of the season, w/out 1 of your best WR. They'll get it together. 🐻⬇️

Man this show makes so much sense thanks guys you are what all the media should be about

Stroud told him that the Bears took him #1 overall for a reason so they believe in him, put their trust in him and keep doing what got you there....paraphrasing of course.

As a Bears fan, I appreciate this take so much 🐻⬇️

Bears defense is making a case to be a top 3 unit in the league. They played well against a top tier quarterback. It's going to be a waste if the offensive line doesn't get better quick.

Things I’m optimistic about for Caleb: 1. He is still keeping his eyes down field despite the chaos around him. 2. He took several shots from a collapsing pocket and didn’t bail, meaning he did trust his O-Line to do their jobs several times. 3. The game was within SIX?! A game that felt horrendous as a Bears fan was still an offensive touchdown away from a win against a rising power in the AFC. The frustrations: 1. A bad bears o-line is something I’ve watched my whole life. Thank god the Bears didn’t get Mahomes and drafted Mitch, because the league would have been robbed of the MJ of modern football. 2. Ryan Poles was with the Chiefs during the start of the dynasty and witnessed how over the past 4-5yrs now, the chiefs have had arguably the best interior O-line. I think he’s done a great job as the bears GM, but I think more juice could have been put into the OLine for this year. 2b. Patrick Mahomes has shown that you can do quite a bit with a mobile and contortionist style of throwing with mid level tackles, I would argue that Caleb has a lot of those physical traits (not cerebral). But if plays blow up the middle of the pocket into your face that’s when you run backwards which Mahomes has done and been burned for. TL;DR - bears need to focus on the IOL, tackles can wait.

I wanted them to trade the 9 pick away for line help even back before the draft lol.

Texans were shooting themselves in the foot with penalties but a lot of them were bullshit. Plus shit like Diggs reaching for the 1st down and they called it 4th and shirt when he clearly got the 1st down. The Bears defense is legit

The Texans' defense is ferocious. They are fast, they hit hard like it's 2002, and they swarm tackle.

There’s a lot new for that offense. A lot of people are making mistakes, so they just need to work together more and that will help them get it figured out.

If we aren’t blaming Caleb then Poles is the one to blame and now it’s not looking like he’s the genius everyone thought he was which is a giant problem.

I mean imo theres not just 1 thing going wrong its a combo of things. I havent been impressed by waldrons play calling, the oline gets beat conssistently, cant run the ball, wrs have been hurt and not on the same page, and caleb hasnt been good. U mix it all together and u get an anemic offense. Caleb has talent and is having growing pains but will get better as long as he stays healthy. Running the ball will come if the oline plays better. My main concern is if waldron is the guy and the oline. If those areas dont figure it out theres no fix until the offseason.

It looked like Justin vs Cleveland in 2021. Poles is a 🤡

Only thing that hurts as a bears fan is not taking an OL in this recent draft. If you have keenan and dj already I feel like Odunze was the wrong pick. Could have took either Fashanu or Fuaga and built OL a year ahead and maybe get solid development for Caleb early. I wasn’t mad at the pick don’t get me wrong Odunze can be a great player for a decade for us and I could look like an idiot but an OL was really what was needed especially with bears track record.

Rochon Johnson hasn’t played. We have no thumper in between the tackles. Swift is not a 3 down back. More so. We need stronger formations until this line can prove they are worthy of spreading it out. At least on throwing down/distances. To predictable with to many passing sets

Thank you, it's week 2

He cannot simultaneously get better and get hit/pressured as much as he is. I wasn’t a CW fan, but that kid has balls. Time after time getting up no hesitation. Dont get this young guy injured or concussion prone.

Everyone is mad at Al-Shaair, but this was brewing from early on in the game. Stevenson started shit with Nico Collins and there was a hip-drop tackle that injured Mixon that went unchecked.

2010’s comparison is perfect

oh no he is now 1-1 and lost a close game to VERY good team. What the hale is wrong with people? From a Texan fan.

The o line cant block for the run game either though. Swift had 14 carries for 18 yards.

Love Rome, I think Poles got him so they only need Allen around 1 season. But we needed offensive line. They have not invested enough into it. Championship teams always have good D and a stout offensive line.

Bears need to build their old line they should’ve did that in the off-season instead of worrying about getting Rome O Wr they already had DJ Moore and Keenan Allen that would’ve been enough offensive line help was definitely needed, but it is what it is Bear 🐻 down for life let’s go Calab

As a Bears fan I bought in to the new OC, but you have design your play on those quick slants to have someone blocking when there's three defenders waiting. This is a continuing problem from Trubisky to Williams, I just hope they don't screw this kid up too. BTW how bout Justin Fields 2-0!!!!!!

Bears don’t have the talent at oline to run wide zone runs. Need to do more power style running, counters, and draws. Having a rookie attempt almost 40 passes is a recipe for disaster

Jayden Daniel's doing more with less tho...

A lot of fans were cheering for the odunze pick but I wanted a lineman. Center and right guard are turnstiles

This Bears fan didn’t drink the kool-aid. It’s as if we all forgot Caleb is a rookie. This season was and always will be about his progression. Any Bears fan that was expecting greatness off the bat needs their head checked. Peyton Manning still holds the rookie record for most INTs. Patience.

Bears have 2 more relatively tough games weeks 3 and 4. Put in Tyson Bagent for those 2 weeks. Then put Caleb back in for the panthers game. 5 easy games in a row to let him settle in. No brainer. Can’t let this kid get beat up already.

testament to the defense

Texans pass rush with hunter and Anderson is elite. Don’t knock on Caleb too much guys .

The Bears won’t run the ball against Indy. The coaching staff doesn’t get it.

I just hope that the coaches learn from this game and fix. CW does have the talent to be good.

The most Bears thing ever was focusing on the shiny toys to surround Williams with instead of investing in the O-line, or at least not having a plan. I can't say I would have predicted it was going to be exactly this rough, but I remember how porous that interior line was . . . forever because they play my Packers every year. They could have parlayed that Odunze pick into 2 first round offensive linemen and suddenly the running game isn't terrible, and they let their rookie stay upright. Selfishly no complaints because of my allegiances, but what a malpractice.

Teams make adjustments. The Bears offensive coordinator’s have too also readjust. They didn’t , you see the results of an unprepared coaching staff

But the QB threw 2 INTs., missed open Receivers, and took a sack that pushed them out of FG range. If Bear fans can blame Justin Fields for loosing to the Broncos last year after going 28/35, for 335 yards and 4 TDs, then you can blame Caleb Williams for this lose.

Sound a lot like what we're were saying for Justin Fields. But it was all his fault. You cant take a Ferrari off reading and be shocked when there are problems later

The center Coleman needs to be FIRED!

The booth should call down when someone starts a riot and not even a flag was thrown. That was a joke

If you cant provide an offensive line thats halfway decent you will never know if your guy is THE GUY or not. There are no great QBs who played around a trash OLine. Rodgers and Brady had some of the best lines in the league during their primes. Line matters

What most arent talking abt is Waldrons inability to give him easy hot reads. Also if im the Bears I bench Davis , move Jenkins back to his original spot at RG and get Pryor in at LG. Poles get on the phone and start looking to deal a 3rd or one of our 2nd for a top Center.

The defense is the only reason the Bears hung in that game. The O-line and Waldron are a joke, and should not be let off the hook.

In regards to the run game. I would rather see Herbert in the mix, and throw in so RB screens plays for swift instead. Just something different.

Yes he did

How can you not blame the o line when the bears have had a non existent run game for the games in a row now. If your top back has 18 yards in a game the rest of your game is going to suffer. The o line couldn’t move anyone creat any lines or stop hardly any pressures

Caleb was hyped as generational and y’all stay making excuses for him but yet Fields got all the blame

Saying the bears Had to choose is bs. They didn't need to draft Rome with that pick for their 3rd wide out. Trade back get a first for next year and still can draft best center in the draft later in that round. Ez. They're just poorly managed

The Texans got away with blatant holding on key plays 8 times and one was a hands to the face and holding in front of the refs

Give him some time translates to get him a better o-line

He looked just like Justin Fields out there .

I'm not ready to annoint Houston, we looked bad against the Titans too. And we looked bad at the start of 2023. And we looked bad at the start of 2022. Weird trend? Who could we blame for this?

This sucks as a Bears fan, I believe we’re going to destroy Caleb, just like our other QBs in the past, but after all the problems we had, all we needed was for Rome to catch the ball in the in-zone we would have won…..

Things have to get better with Caleb, the OL and the coaching. But they are still 1-1 and just lost by 1 score to a team on the road who could be playing deep into the playoffs. Things take time.

Carolina has the consensus worst owner in the league. They're not going anywhere until Tepper sells or decides to hire an elite GM and then step completely out of the way.

That's Courtland Innegan. Dre beat the F out of him that afternoon.

Patrick mahomes also threw 2 interceptions on Sunday as well so let’s not overreact people it’s game 2.

So the qb that dominated his rookie season that was drafted 2nd is not generational but Zack Wilson 2.0 bka Caleb Williams needs time to figure it out 🤔. Can we at least agree that he isn’t “generational”?

I can’t stand these new bandwagon Texans fans. “Oh it wasn’t that close of a game we played terrible” brother you lit up our defense in the first half and we adjusted. We had a below average offense and still the game was close. “Oh well we had a lot of penalties and drops or fumbles whatever” okay the bears had almost as many penalties. Give credit to the other team sometimes instead of just saying “it wasn’t that close we didn’t play good” maybe the bears defense just shut you down in the second half.

CWs got sacked a lot in college. But unlike Justin Fields he still seemed to have some pocket awareness of oncoming pass rushers. Which to me an NFL QB simply has to have for many reasons. But so far in his brief NFL stint I’m not seeing that awareness. There’s no way when that Texans monster came in from the right side that a Mahomes or CJ Stroud wouldn’t have seen that guy and exited stage left. If Caleb starts showing some signs there I think he’ll be ok. But if this is who he is then he’s in big trouble.

Didnt sam make 70mil out the gate??? 🤔 Sam Bradford with out the injuries would've been a godsend. Dude has balls the size of jupiter taking hits that i even felt through the tv tbh.

Of course we put them in the playoffs. They lost by 6 against the Texans 13-19. If Chicago had a top 15 O-line they would have won the game. Plus a dropped TD pass and a dropped INT. That game came down to the last drive. A better line means more time to throw and better running from the backs. The Bears will not be a playoff team if their o-line doesn't block.

Not to worried about this team there GOING to win 5 out of there next 6 they got the colts rams panthers jags commanders and cardinals they’ll lose 1 of those games but they could very well win all of them to

Bears are building from the bottom up this is the 2nd year of accumulation for the regime and 1st year qb in new offense for everyone. The bears have some weapons, have a young cheap talent at qb and a top 5 defense. Let this play out we arent ready to win it all but i still think they are 6-3 or 7-2 by time they get to the nfc north teams

lol, if the Bears don’t ruin Caleb. What’s the track record look like on developing QBs for the Chicago Bears? We’re gonna ruin him and it’ll just be another season for the Windy City. Gotta prove me otherwise now. Fields got the benefit of the doubt, but in Poles 3rd year here, he should’ve known how to fix the problems.

just admit you were wrong that it was going to be easier for him from what you saw in preseason

Bears fans want overnight success because of all the b.s seasons and teams they presented to their fans

Hou as everyone is putting in afc championship made the redzone once against the bears and fumbled it. Let the young kid and offense grow it cant be this bad all year

Caleb got beat up??? Throwing deandre swift right into coverage getting reggie bush level destroyed… kmet got destroyed because he threw him right intk the linebackers. Dj is fed up and seen on tv saying to tyson “dawg i need you”. Locker room has already turned on caleb.

Houston failed to put up 20 points. I don't see the greatness

Ryan poles knew the line was the problem and rarely did anything to fix it no legit C and decided to roll with davis. Poles drafted wright and figured thats it for the oline smh and he’s supposed to be a former offensive lineman

Play calling is the problem. The OC and HC are a.couple of schmucks.

The Bears don’t have a good coach. I couldn’t believe they didn’t fire him after last season. If they don’t get a good young coach the Bears will stay the Bears of old and Caleb Williams will be a bust.

Nope. He gets no time. Justin had garbage as a team around him. This guy has a much better team. If he fails it's him.

The offensive line and play calling was a dumpster fire! Caleb will make mistakes because he is running for his life!

Sam “Glass knees” Bradford. Ah yes, he was quite good tho lol

he joined a 7 win team, that has a better offense all across the board.

Couple of problems we have the OL sucks & the play calls & why is Chris Morgan still with the Bears (head of the OL) & the Bears should have fired him, he’s been with the Bears the last 3yrs, they fired everyone else minus Chris Brown, he sucks as we all can tell….

He shit 💩 the bed. I not sure I saw battle. I saw defeat. I saw desperation and zero clarity. Caleb couldn’t beat Notre Dame. Came in with an improved offensive line and elite weapons. Justin did more with less. DJ Moore is ready to get traded. The line has no confidence in a generational nail tech. The receivers are looking at Caleb, and not finding a leader. They see a cheer leader, with great nails. They didn’t like how serious Justin was. Now we are a laughing stock.

Bust

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Super talented but a horrible leader. That’s the real issue. He missed even when everything went as planned. He will get better but it’s a lesson in humility.

You forgot to mention calib is gay

Fields, Moore, MHJ, and picks to fix the oline. IN POLES WE TRUST 😂😂😂😂😂. Moore already looks like he's done, he said last year these qbs are not better than Fields.

build your line first.. its not that hard.

Im sorry but fines are slap in the wrists. Unless its major amount of money. Dude should be suspended for one game. Should have been tossed for in the game he was in. Then to go play the victim in the Media. Like WTF. Not to mention he stood up and punched the one guy just standing there doing nothing, But sure punching the back up RB really showed that Dog in him.

Wait I thought it was all fields fault 🤔 you guy's always blame people but the shit bears team...you guys will ruin another QB

Caleb is cutler. Caleb has cinder feet y no one saying this

texans gotta consistently run the ball. that "one of the best team's in the league" is a little bit hyperbole.

Malik Willis looks far better than Caleb Williams.

PM threw 3 interceptions - chill out