Ryan Leaf: Caleb Williams Should NOT Start as a Rookie for the Bears | The Rich Eisen Show 

Leaf “because it happened to me.” You were a bust all on your own. It had nothing to do with the Chargers.

‘The worst possible scenario is for him to play’ 😂😂😂😂.

They didn't bring in all these additions to the offense so that Tyson Bagent could be the starter. And unless Caleb has a dependency issue Ryan don't compare yourself to him.

Ryan Leaf saying he likes Caleb Williams might be the most obvious lie on the show in months lol

RYAN LEAF IS HILARIOUS..THESE FORMER BUSTS HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS

I think ryan leaf should sit for a year before going on any more shows

Credible guests in the future please Rich!

He’s wrong Caleb Williams is set up success in Chicago. He said they were playoff team last year and they added four offensive weapons really

The bar is too high? The bar could not be any lower. I live in Chicago. I'm a lifelong Bears fan (for some reason). We've never had a 4,000 yard passer or a QB who's thrown 30 TDs in a season. This is a team whose best QB -- not just in my lifetime, but all time -- is Jay Cutler. I'll defend Cutler from people say he was outright bad, but he's far from great. (He was a competent QB at best, prone to interceptions at worst, and whose career was probably significantly shortened by being protected by an O-line that habitually had more holes than a ship in Iraq's navy.) After Cutty it's Sid Luckman... Sid. Luckman. Then, there's a long list of "OK" QBs (Erik Kramer, Jim Harbaugh, Jim McMahon), then it's a patchwork of barely competent to incompetent QBs whose win-loss records can largely be attributed to the team's heritage in defensive football (Hello, NFC Champion Rex Grossman and NVP Mitchell Trubisky!). If CW does what other teams in the league consider the bare minimum, he'll be a hero to this team.

Tyson Bagent won two out of his 4 games he started with a worse Bears teams team last year. CW will be fine with a new O, new weapons, ect, CW is easily the best QB to come around sense Luck. Bears have a good O-line, great WR, great TE, great RB. and a great D.

So many people are ready to push Eberflus out the door. He's done nothing to deserve that yet. If The team is losing and looks bad doing it then yes, but that goes for every coach. This has been a complete tear down and rebuild from the start of his tenure. There's a chance he's a good coach.

There are plenty of rookie QBs who started and didn’t have instant success and went on to be pro bowlers and hall of famers. Not everyone who sits at first will end up being great . Not everyone who starts right away will become damaged and end up busting just because they didn’t end up in the playoffs their rookie year

Yeah, they traded their starting quarterback for a bag of chips just to bench Caleb Williams.

Lol there’s no reason they would get rid of fields if they didn’t plan on Caleb being way better from the start. You don’t trade for 1 year of keenan Allen if you don’t think Caleb is ready to play

ryan just cos you shat the bed dosent mean every one else will

If a former qb with the last name Leaf, Couch, Griffin, or Russell want to analyze another qb coming into the league, I will not listen.

I’m trying to understand Leaf here but I just don’t, and it’s not gonna happen so why argue it. Who’s gonna play, Bagent??

My bar is already set low for Caleb Williams and I still don’t think he’s gonna clear that

It’s not a big deal if Caleb isn’t an mvp candidate after his rookie year. He’ll develop over time with good weapons and good d

Caleb has already been in the spotlight, and he’s already been making big money in college. The Bears have improved the team(not saying they’re elite, just improved) and I think the team is solid enough that Williams could settle in and play well within the first few weeks of the season. There will be mistakes, sure. But I still bet we see a faster and higher ascension than we did with Fields or Trubisky.

The Bears are dumb, if they were gonna bench Caleb year 1 they should have just kept fields. They got absolutely nothing for him anyways and now are gonna draft Caleb without adding any significant weapons. Unless they get a significant contributor somehow with that pick the fields trade was a loss. Come back in 5 years and we’ll see how it turns out

Hahaha Oh Ryan! Unless the the wheels TOTALLY fall off the car. Flus is staying. 👊🏽🐻⬇️

I hope Caleb has SUCCESS his first year like Stroud did! GO CALEB! GO BEARS! DO IT!!

More than 1/2 of the people on here commenting didn’t even want Caleb now everyone on his jock !!!! you know who you are out there!!!!

Dang wish this guy would’ve gotten a chance at the NFL seems like he is so smart

I see why he was a bust..

We have the 3rd easiest schedule no reason to not start him

I've never heard so many claims that are blatantly unsupported from someone who is supposed to be an "analyst". Yikes. I do think he's coming from a good place though so I gotta respect that.

He started the segment by smirking as if he knew was about to say some bs

Did he say any of this about CJ Stroud last year?

They just say random things for content 😂😂😂. Eberflus will not ge gone if they don't make playoffs. Even if he is they'd most likely just promote Waldron to HC and nothing changes for Caleb.

I think leaf is worried about Williams mental more then his ability. Playing in a big market city is gonna definitely bring out the haters more if you don’t meet expectations. I think it’s how he handles the pressure and how will he handle the negative pub when it happens, cause it’s going to

THIS MAN IS SUCH AN EXPERT HOW COME HE IS NOT WORKING FOR A TEAM 😂😂😂😂

But Ryan, if you bench him, how do you know if he can do what CJ Stroud did? Sure he'll be criticized harshly if it goes bad..But thats football 🤷🏾. Chicago should just stick beside him and wait it out if it does indeed go bad

“Set the bar high” what bar?😂😂😂Jay cutler? Justin fields? Gtfo I’m a Justin fan and I’m with not starting him right away, but dudes just yappin at this point

Yeah just no.

Usually I like leafs takes but saying the bears were a playoff team last year is laughable

Ryan Leaf drafted 2nd overall 1998 played 4 years in the NFL, his career was cut short due to his work ethic , ability to stay focused, injures bad behavior and above all else poor play. I don’t think you have enough experience in the league to talk league experiences. And that comes from someone with 0 league experiences. 14 touchdowns and 36 interceptions….. in 25 games… with a 4-17 record. Please stop letting this guy in the podcast studios

So, he's set up for failure by surrounding him with offensive weapons and a stabilized defense? I'm not following. What makes Caleb's situation any worse than all the other rookie QBs? 🤡🤡🤡

Tyson Bagent SZN

He's a Bustin Fields apologist.

He hast to have a stroud year. Anything less would be a disappointment

Nope CJ put that to wraps. If he can’t start this season it was a bad draft move

we have the 3rd easiest schedule, keenan for a year, and a win now roster, leaf is dense

I would never take advice from a person who is arguably the worst Quarterback of all time and a former or current crackhead.

Yeah. They should have sit out CJ Stroud as a rookie too! 😂

Good assessment Leaf. You hear that Bears Fans????

Spoken like an unbelievable bust. In an ideal world, sure, every QB prospect could sit a year (or more) to watch and learn. Most teams don't have that luxury, and the Bears have young talent all over the team who expect to start winning soon (i.e., next season). You try to explain to these guys entering their prime that the top-tier rookie manning the most important position is going to be sitting a year. And then watch how quickly Eberflus and Poles lose the locker room.

This is all facts

Now we have mtf Ryan Leaf giving people advice of how to go about their nfl career 🤣🤣🤣

Caleb had to bail out because his receivers weren't so great an the oline was terrible. He can stay in the pocket. An ad far as sitting him, he's supposed to be on paper a better prospect than Cj stroud an he's coming to an offense thats better on paper than the Texans. How possibly could u say sit him a year.

YES. HE. SHOULD! Anybody who says otherwise is wrong & outdated!

Getting the bag with Bagent. Williams will be then next Tre Lance in no time

I don’t think he said anything actually outrageous. Some points stronger than others. But all fair. Williams is going to be staring this year and we’ll see hot it goes.

Leaf brings up good points. A rook QB starting on a supposed playoff nfl team may implode in their faces.

“If Justin fields doesn’t get hurt” - they went 2-1😂😂

Ryan smoking that leaf 🍃 huh

I will take anything Ryan Leaf says with a grain of salt

There’s a reason why you didn’t end up being a successful quarterback in the NFL he doesn’t know what he’s talking about

I disagree with you Mr Leaf. Caleb is setup for success.

Yea just like Justin fields put this horrible franchise on his back with the worst team in the league and still set records. Playoffs or bust. 🐻⬇️

Leaf? 😂

Bro it happens welcome to NFL no hiding he doesn’t have that luxury there’s no Aaron Rodgers there’s no mvp esk Alex Smith and also sounds like your pushing your insecurities on your son lol 😂 it’s like nba players makes you know the ones that can’t shoot makes sure there’re son is a shooter 😂 any who the answer is the Bears won’t have no one to sit behind and learn unfortunately even Tanninghill didn’t want to teach Malik Willis now look at em yea bad opinion imo lol but cheese

Ryan leaf is looking for attention

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight 😂😂

😂 yeah ok. Don’t start the number one overall pick. My man is a hater…

What rock did Leaf crawl out from under. He is about as bad as RG3. Do us all a favor and find something else to do.

😂😂😂Ryan leaf😂😂😂

Ryan Leaf doesn't have a clue

I actually agree with Ryan Leaf

CALEB WILLIAMS CAN HANDLE PRESSURE MUCH BETTER THAN RYAN LEAF...LEAF HAS PTSD FROM FAILING. EVERYONE IS NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO PRESSURE AS LEAF IS.LEAFBIS INTERNALIZING HIS EVALUATION..HE IS SO QORRIED ABOUT CALEB. GTFOH

Caleb Williams may be so that all Bears fan will be painting their finger nails like him. when they are RED the Bears fans will paint their nails red. when they are PINK the Bears fans will paint their nails Pink. and so on. BEARS Fans will jump on board on this fad. when he wears a Dress they will come to games in Dresses like him. and when he cries after a loss this will become a thing Grown men crying over a Bears loss

This coming from the biggest draft bust in history. Okay.

Ryan Leaf?? What is this amateur hour at the Rich Eisen show?? Who are we going to hear from next? The landscaper cutting down the branches?

Is Leaf drunk again???

Tired of stupid fans living in the past. Ryan Pace is GONE!!!!! Let Poles keep making his moves. So far, so good. These pessimists sound like old Cubs fans.

Ryan Leaf is lame. Just because he was a bust, he's gotta throw shade on other prospects.

I think he will be a bust

wow, what a weak take

He is absolutely correct. Y’all don’t wanna hear it but don’t be surprised when the bears don’t make the playoffs next year. It blows my mind that teams arent following the chiefs playbook when it comes to drafting a young quarterback. Sit them behind an experienced pro and have them learn the playbook/system and learn as much as they can from the QB room and all other experienced guys on the field. That was Reid’s plan the entire time, and look how well it’s working out. Look at how well Jordan Love is doing after sitting for a couple years. But no, let’s just throw every rookie Quarterback out of the frying pan and into the fire. And then everyone acts surprised when they flame out or underperform expectations.

Ryan Leaf is still a winner in life overall. He has nothing to be ashamed of after his NFL career. Look forward to what he says and does.

With all due respect to this guy, this is a clown opinion.

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

this is tired and boring