Caleb Williams trusting Matt Eberflus is the first giant mistake of his career

Through just three weeks, the Chicago Bears have done their very best to ruin yet another quarterback.

Now, before you jump to conclusions, I'm not here to say rookie passer Caleb Williams is going to be ruined like the ones who went before him. The Bears can and will develop Williams into the best quarterback this organization has ever seen.

However, it's not going to be with this current coaching staff, and it's not going to be this season.

After a three-game sample size, I have seen enough. But, this isn't just a three-game sample size from the likes of Matt Eberflus. We've seen the same patterns arise since Day 1 under Eberflus.

"But, he turned around the defense!"

That matters to an extent, but this team still doesn't come prepared to play on either side of the ball. Just a small example: Last season, the Bears had the sixth-most offsides penalties called and were flagged the fourth-most for offensive holding.

More on that later -- and no, it hasn't gotten any better in 2024.

I have seen countless folks on social media with the notion that, because it's so early in the season, there is no reason to start looking ahead.

But I'm here to ask the question: why not?

One national analyst with a heart close to Chicago seems to see a continuation of the sole problem within this organization.

Danny Parkins says it's all on Matt Eberflus, and he's right.

The trust has been damaged between Caleb Williams and the Bears coaching staff

It's hard not to have a take like this. Not only is Parkins spot-on with blaming Eberflus, but I wouldn't be shocked if Williams didn't trust his coaching staff in the least bit.

Why should he?

In only three weeks' time, fans have watched Eberflus botch multiple challenge attempts that most of us could have ruled from our couch at home. We've seen offensive coordinator Shane Waldron make some of the most baffling play calls while also failing to get Williams the plays in sufficient time, disallowing the rookie to change the play at the line of scrimmage if need be.

We saw Waldron experiment by flat-out refusing to play either Khalil Herbert or Roschon Johnson, and the same can be said with Gerald Everett taking snaps from Cole Kmet.

Sure, Waldron seems to be on his way to righting those wrongs. But, how on earth did he not simply play the best talent from the jump? Was he that partial to "his guys" that he refused to give necessary snaps to the better players?

Williams has also watched his offense get called for two delay-of-game penalties in three weeks' time. For reference, last year, the Bears were called for four of those all season. The offensive line has been ill-prepared and gotten busted with some harmful penalties as well, having been called for six false starts and five holding penalties.

The lack of preparedness, all around, along with allowing Waldron to mismanage so many aspects of this offense is a direct reflection on the head coach, period.

Eberflus might be a nice guy. He may even be an excellent defensive coordinator.

But, as a head coach? The Bears can and should do a whole lot better, and sooner rather than later.

Williams' future depends on it.