Caleb Williams created absolute magic throughout the 2025 season for the Chicago Bears. It is why they went 11-6 and won a playoff game for the first time in 15 years. Unfortunately, he ran into an all-too-familiar problem for young quarterbacks in the divisional round. If you don’t play more efficiently, good teams will take advantage. The Los Angeles Rams picked him off three times in that game, and it proved the difference in preventing the Bears from reaching the NFC championship.
Such lessons are inevitable in the postseason. The question moving forward is what Williams will do about it. He was asked what his plans are for the upcoming offseason as he prepares to enter Year 2 in Ben Johnson’s offense.
“Yeah, got to go and, you know, watch some film and, you know, talk to coach. And then from there, it’s just work on accuracy, work on my feet in the offseason. It’s get with the receivers and work with them and things like that throughout the offseason so that, you know, we’re on the same page. We’re, you know, starting off hot, you know, for training camp OTAs and then going into next season.”
This is another reminder that Williams understands the fundamental reality of playing quarterback, along with his own shortcomings. Footwork and accuracy were the primary issues plaguing him most of the season. The fact that both will be his central focus in the spring and summer should tell you how determined he is to take the next step.
Caleb Williams is taking the Josh Allen approach.
Through his first two seasons, the Buffalo Bills superstar focused on learning the speed of the NFL game and digesting its complexities. By the end of his second season, he was still completing well under 60% of his passes. So in the 2020 offseason, he made it his personal goal to clean up his footwork and improve his accuracy. That season, he completed 69% of his passes for 4500 yards and 37 touchdown passes. It was the first arrival of the MVP contender we’ve grown used to seeing.
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That is the path Caleb Williams is charting for himself. He spent this season learning how to read defenses and run Johnson’s offense with practiced efficiency. Now comes cleaning up the smaller details. Remember, the inefficient version of him still threw for 3900 yards, 27 touchdowns, and seven interceptions. Imagine what he can become if he starts hitting those layup throws more consistently. If he achieves the same mastery Allen did, the NFL will not like playing against Williams moving forward.
