Second-year Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams and different starters have been spectators for Chicago’s preseason opener versus the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.
Whereas talking with reporters on Wednesday, first-year Bears head coach Ben Johnson confirmed issues can be completely different when his membership hosts the Buffalo Bills for an exhibition matchup this coming Sunday night.
“Everybody’s going to play,” Johnson mentioned, as shared by Courtney Cronin of ESPN.
Johnson added that what number of snaps Williams will take versus the Payments is “to be decided.” The Bears will first host the Payments for a joint observe on Friday.
Johnson got here to this determination following multiple reports detailing the supposed struggles that Williams has endured all through coaching camp. Most just lately, Monday’s observe was allegedly “a low point for” Chicago’s first-team offense and featured “Williams and receiver Rome Odunze each wanting annoyed” after some failed connections.
“I have been fairly in step with the considered reps, reps, reps are an important factor to get [Williams] on top of things,” Johnson defined. “And by the plan that we had every week in the past, we have been capable of get him in all probability someplace between 80 and 100 extra reps than we might’ve been capable of do had he performed within the sport. This week, it is a completely different schedule. Totally different size of time by way of in between video games and all that. And so, our plan proper now’s the blokes that sat out final week, they are going to be taking part in this week.”
These operating the Bears hope that the hiring of Johnson, an marketed offensive guru, will assist Williams grow to be a top-tier quarterback after the 23-year-old gained solely 5 of 17 begins throughout his rookie season. Nonetheless, Kevin Fishbain of The Athletic is amongst those that have talked about that Williams has been accountable for a noteworthy variety of inaccurate passes this summer time.
“I feel the belief that we have been speaking about from the get-go, that is actually the place that comes into play,” Johnson added about risking the well being of his starters by taking part in them towards Buffalo. “We’ve not been right here with this group as a training employees. That belief has been incomes, and we have been growing that amongst one another. It is not a one-way avenue. It goes each methods. And so I feel that is simply one other step within the development, you recognize?”
The Bears will wrap up the preseason with a sport on the Kansas City Chiefs on Aug. 22. It is unclear if Williams or different Chicago starters will see any motion that Friday evening.
