Caleb Williams’ rookie mistakes make Chicago Bears defenders pay during training camp. Montez Sweat reportedly had to apologize after making a great play on Williams during Thursday’s practice.
Williams struggled with holding on to the ball too long during OTAs. This issue got his predecessor canned by the Bears, and Justin Fields is continuing to take too many sacks during Steelers training camp this year.
Caleb Williams is holding on to the ball too long
According to Kevin Fishbain with The Athletic, Williams would have taken multiple sacks during Monday’s practice if the Bears had playing an opponent:
If the pads were on and the Chicago Bears defense could hit and tackle Caleb Williams, then the second team period of practice Monday would have been a grueling, maybe painful, one for the rookie quarterback.
The pass rush — starting with defensive end Montez Sweat — looked that good.
Williams scrambled or threw the ball away on all five snaps in that period. Back-to-back plays certainly would have been sacks.
Sweat looked on Monday. He looked too good on Thursday.
A Chicago Bears defender apologized after making a great play
Defenders aren’t supposed to touch the quarterback during practice when the pads are off. The Bears star pass rusher went a little hard during the team’s 11-on-11 period. Per Josh Schrock of NBC Sports, Sweat apologized to Williams after he stripped the ball from the rookie quarterback.
During one 11-on-11 period, Montez Sweat stripped quarterback Caleb Williams and immediately pointed to himself and apologized for touching the quarterback.
— Josh Schrock (@Schrock_And_Awe) July 25, 2024
Other defenses won’t be as nice
Those rules will apply to Williams through the month of July. However, he will face a legitimate pass rush against defenders during the preseason. They won’t apologize after making a strip sack. They will celebrate creating a turnover.
Sweat might have said he was sorry for the play, but he taught Williams a valuable lesson about protecting the ball.
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Hey Sigler, quit with the clickbait junk reporting! He didn’t HAVE to apologize, you make it sound like staff made him apologize. Garbage and you know it!!!