Caleb Williams is silencing his critics while Bears fans wait for Matt Eberflus to be fired

The Chicago Bears found another way to lose a football game under Matt Eberflus. They are 4-8. Some Packer fans will call the trash. Many will laugh. They have that right, but I wouldn't do it for too long if I were them. The Chicago Bears found a quarterback. Honestly, Caleb Williams isn't perfect. I don't mean just the standard rookie mistakes; he has some flaws that I will discuss in the future.

You will hear me mention Bo Nix again in the future, but right now, I do believe Williams was the correct pick as the number one overall prospect. What Caleb Williams is doing in the second half of these games is as close to baby Russell Wilson as you can get.

Wilson has 41 game-winning drivers in his career to date. 32 of those wins are fourth-quarter comebacks. I don't know how much you remember people complaining about Wilson in the first half of the game, only to be praising him when the clock hit zero.

Caleb Williams has yet to win one of these games since he brought his team back, but the effort and ability are there. The Chicago Bears made a huge change that I thought was only going to be a couple of weeks at maximum difference. Boy, how things change.

Thomas Brown is doing something that hasn't been seen in my lifetime. That something is to adapt at halftime. Most Bears coaches since 1985 have continued to try the same failing theme when they are getting dominated by a team.

Brown figured out what the Lions were doing and took advantage. I don't know if he should become the next Chicago Bears head coach, but he deserves a chance at this rate. Matt Eberflus is out of excuses. His defense, for the most part, can still play. But the bend but not break defense doesn't matter in today's football.

At some point, offenses can take over. Williams has broken all of the relevant Chicago Bears rookie passing stats, almost beat the best team in the NFL, almost beat the best defensive in the league, and was a defensive stop from having an 8-4 rookie record. I know it almost doesn't count, but the context matters.

Caleb Williams:

• 20/39 256 yards 3 TD's 0 Int's
• 32/47 340 yards 2 TD's 0 Int's
• 23/21 231 yards 0 TD's 0 Int's but 70 rushing yards
• 2612 passing yards 14 passing TD's 5 Int's in 12 rookie games

Williams isn't perfect, and he won't touch 4000 passing yards as a rookie. I didn't think he would. But with five more games left, Williams is on pace for our early-season prediction despite a few slump games.