Bears won't worry about NFL defenses knowing their offense for one obvious reason

Going into last season, no one had an idea of how this Chicago Bears offense was going to look under first-year head coach Ben Johnson.

NFL defenses would quickly learn that the Bears are one of the most balanced offenses in the league, as they were a top-10 unit and top-3 in rushing. Johnson was asked by the media about facing defenses in Year 2 that now have a full season's worth of tape to work through in preparation, but the head coach still points to his quarterback, Caleb Williams, as someone defenses will struggle to prepare for.

"That's the beauty of Caleb Williams. It's a bit unpredictable," Johnson said via CHGO's Adam Jahns. "And so as a structured as we want to be at times, I think he does a great job of just his natural reaction being a very difficult thing to defend."

Caleb Williams makes Bears' offense hard to prep for

Last season was a breakthrough sophomore year for Williams, who went for a franchise record 3,942 yards and 27 touchdowns to seven interceptions, while adding another three scores on the ground. He also led seven comebacks and game-winning drives last year, which was an NFL record.

Even with how good the offense was in Chicago last year, in typical Johnson style, there are some things he wants to improve. He starts by looking at himself and the coaching staff to correct some of those things.

"I already alluded to it before, I'm actually not very happy with us as an offensive staff, our ability to get the primary receiver open. I don't think it happened at a high enough clip, and so we have to do a better job in our game-planning process. And I put a lot of that on myself of making sure that we are doing that. And then that's where Caleb comes in handy is he can bail us out when we are wrong, which we're going to be wrong each and every game. I'm going to miss-time some calls, and they're going to throw something at us that we weren't prepared for. And that's on him and his athletic ability to bail us out. And so that's what I'm looking forward to, is we're going to be able to have those conversations in the quarterback room of when we can hand in there and get this ball out to the primary or the number two receiver, and when do we need to extend. And, naturally, I think we got to get better when we extend plays, capitalizing on those as well. Our scramble tape was not very good, and I think that's something that Caleb can really sink in. Just with his accuracy, with our ability to catch the ball, with our ability to separate down the field, I think we can make a huge jump there as well."

That's the scary part to hear for the 31 NFL defenses who will eventually have to play this Bears offense in the coming years: they are only going to get better. Williams is going to play a massive role with MVP aspirations on the horizon for him in 2026.