Bears training camp observations: Caleb Williams, offense still looking for answers in pass game

Bears training camp observations: Caleb Williams, offense still looking for answers in pass game originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Bears have 32 days until their season-opener against the Tennessee Titans at Soldier Field.

That gives them one month to find continuity on the offensive line and get rookie quarterback Caleb Williams comfortable to make a clean takeoff.

That’s both a lot of time and no time at all for a Bears’ offense that continues to struggle during team drills in practice.

Wednesday’s padded affair at Halas Hall might have been the low point of training camp for Williams and the first-team offense.

Facing a Bears defense without defensive end Montez Sweat, defensive tackle Andrew Billings, cornerback Kyler Gordon, cornerback Tyrique Stevenson, and safety Jaquan Brisker, the Bears’ offense barely moved the ball in multiple team periods.

Williams and the offense spun their wheels all day as a defensive line without Sweat and Billings got constant pressure against an offensive line that started the day without right guard Nate Davis and lost right tackle Darnell Wright on the first snap of team drills.

The offense finished the day with a thud during a two-minute drill that never got off the ground.

Williams and Co. started on their own 45-yard line with 1:10 left and the game tied at zero.

Defensive tackle Gervon Dexter blew through the line on the first play, but Williams evaded the pressure and scrambled out of the pocket to the right for a gain of 3 yards.

The Bears’ defense dialed up a blitz on second down that derailed the drill for the offense.

Safety Kevin Byard came unblocked up the middle, and Williams immediately flung the ball deep downfield and out of bounds. Since Williams never had the opportunity to move outside the tackle box and there was no eligible receiver in the area, Williams was flagged for intentional grounding to set up third-and-16.

At the moment, the Bears’ offense doesn’t have a play for third-and-16,…

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Publish date : 2024-08-07 20:22:45

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