The rookie Bears quarterback struggled a bit getting plays called out in time to teammates after being told which one to run.
"It probably looked a little more sloppy today than yesterday, which is OK and very normal," the Bears coach said after one of the first OTAs.The quarterback was Justin Fields and not Caleb Williams. It was 2021 and the Bears were trying to throw Fields into a quarterback room with Nick Foles and Andy Dalton, and with Bill Lazor as offensive coordinator and John "Flip" DeFilippo as QB coach.
On certain days during OTAs or minicamp, the defense is working on specific parts of its game that need practicing or improvement. It might be an aspect of it beyond what a rookie quarterback can know or comprehend. They might be disguising coverages more on a certain day. The Bears know the quarterback without experience is not going to look especially effective against a strong, experienced defense and will gauge their level of play on that side of the ball accordingly as they progress. They don't want to necessarily smother Williams every day at practice. Then again, they don't expect to soften things up for him every day, just to accommodate a less experienced player.
"This is the first time going against a pro defense, and a pretty good one," Eberflus said. "It's going to be learning for everybody. They’re getting everything together. It was progress. I saw progress from the first day to the second, the second to the third. So it's good."
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