Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams seems to be off to a much better start at training camp than what happened last year, but there are still some things to clean up.
Last year, the Bears' offense tended to get off to slow starts that Williams' fourth-quarter comebacks would fix to win games. He led an NFL record seven comebacks and game-winning drives in 2025. The latest training camp practice showed those old habits are back, but at least he's still finishing strong.
"Caleb struggled early (high/behind Rome, INT to Tyrique Stevenson, operation issues) but responded by going 6-for-6 on the game-winning two-minute drill, capped by a TD to Luther Burden. Great resilience," Bears analyst Clay Harbor said on X.
Bears fans want Caleb Williams to stop with the inconsistency
Having a clutch gene is a great thing for Williams. It shows that no matter what happens at the beginning of the game, Williams can be relied on to lead a comeback and still win a game for the Bears.
Stuff like this, though, where it's a slow start and they have to fight back, has to stop. The Bears can't afford to have those kinds of performances against the good teams. They already have the toughest schedule in the NFL, so mistakes like throwing an interception and having operational problems can't happen in a game.
To the crowd that will say "it's just training camp" and "it's only been one week," yes, those are accurate, but it also shows what could happen. Those old habits need to die fast, and last season, despite how fun and great it was, did show it takes the Bears a long time to break those habits.
Throughout training camp last year, the biggest problem with the Bears' offense was pre-snap issues and penalties. That carried well into the regular season and didn't really get cleaned up until around November and December.
Remember, this Bears team ranked high in penalties called on them last year. To be exact, they had the sixth-most penalties called on them in the NFL, with 120. They surrendered the eighth most penalty yards in the league with 970.
This shouldn't be seen as an overreaction or an underreaction. It's just an observation that needs to be cleaned up by Williams. While fans may see it as a small problem now, it could end up costing them games.
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Williams and the offense need to fix the issues now and be consistent so the Bears can make another playoff run. They really don't want these issues to continue.
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