Chicago Bears rookie sensation Caleb Williams had a strong preseason debut with the team over the weekend, and it sounds like his head coach is quite pleased with the way the young quarterback is developing.
During his preseason debut against the Buffalo Bills over the weekend, Caleb Williams looked impressive in limited action as he completed 4 of 7 passes for 95 yards with a 101.8 passer rating and had one rush for 13 yards. And head coach Matt Eberflus made it quite clear that he was happy with how Williams performed.
“It’s the fruits of his labor,” Eberflus said according to ESPN. “He’s been working his tail off in practices and even before that, all through the summer. It’s good to be able to say that hey, all this drill work, all the things I’ve been doing, it’s paying off and I can see the improvements. We’re going to look at this tape and look back and say, what can I learn from this? There’s a lot of things you can learn from this process in getting these reps, as he does in practice when he’s going against the 1 defense.”
Eberflus also made it clear that he wants Williams to build upon this performance in the coming weeks.
“There’s certainly positivity there,” Eberflus said of Williams’ debut. “We’re not going to squash that. I do feel like we have a lot of work to do and a lot of things to accomplish as a football team, not just Caleb. We all got to play good around him. It’s important that we keep improving before that first game.”
We’ll have to see how Williams continues to develop.
