LAKE FOREST, Unwell. — Caleb Williams has spent the final three weeks of follow getting a really feel for the chances of the Chicago Bears offense, and he left necessary minicamp Thursday with one prevailing thought.
“Proper now we’re working with our head down and we’re constructing,” Williams mentioned. “So simply having that second with myself, I do it day by day. I sit there and I say, ‘We will be fairly rattling good.'”
Williams, the No. 1 general decide within the draft, skilled ups and downs all through the Bears three-day minicamp, however coach Matt Eberflus mentioned he noticed progress with how he dealt with Thursday’s crimson zone interval in comparison with final week. The rookie quarterback additionally bettered the way in which he lined up formations, modified protections and displayed an understanding for varied cross ideas.
“I believe that Caleb is a expertise,” Eberflus mentioned. “An excellent expertise. His recreation will go to the place it must be.”
Williams praised his teammates for being “sleek and inspiring” to him all through practices by uplifting him on days the place the offense excels and providing phrases of encouragement when the unit is struggling.
The quarterback famous his struggles with perfecting the cadence, which Eberflus mentioned earlier within the week he wished the complete offense to enhance upon earlier than dismissing veteran gamers till coaching camp.
By the tip of minicamp, Williams mentioned he felt he improved with not being too loud or too quiet when vocalizing the snap rely and in exhibiting his capability to throw with anticipation higher than he had earlier within the week.
“I did not are available in essentially with the expectation to be and seem to be a 13-year vet,” Williams mentioned. “I got here in to work, to work my tail off, present the blokes that I am right here, I am working my tail off, I am progressing and making an attempt to not make the identical mistake once more. That is the largest factor, day in and day trip, is making an attempt to not make the identical mistake time and again and study from them.”
Bears rookies will wrap up spring exercises subsequent week with one other three days of OTA practices earlier than breaking for the summer time. Within the coming weeks, Chicago’s entrance workplace will work to get each of the crew’s first spherical picks — Williams and extensive receiver Rome Odunze — underneath contract.
The worth of Williams’ four-year contract is an estimated $39.5 million with a $25.5 million signing bonus. The No. 1 general decide shouldn’t be represented by an agent and is deferring to a crew of attorneys and advisors to get the deal performed.
“I am not dealing with that,” Williams mentioned. “I have been targeted on these previous three days of minicamp, the OTAs earlier than that and rookie camp earlier than that … I’ve attorneys and attorneys to deal with issues like that so I may be free-minded on the sector, having fun with coming into work day by day and dealing my tail off.”