YoHoChecko wrote: ↑29 Mar 2024 11:37
Nah, the Bears were for sure a team on the rise last year and I generally like Shane Waldron as an OC to develop a QB.... but the OL, the organizational consistency, the fact that the weapons are going to be changing (Allen is a one-year rental), the fact that the QB coach is in his first role as a full-time QB coach (was assistant QB coach in Seattle) and the fact that Caleb Williams feels like a guy who needs a year of tough coaching and ego management feels like a mixed bag on the "Chicago finally develops a QB" front.
And I don't fear the Vikings THIS year, but I think they have a better long-term chance to develop their new QB than the other QB-needy teams. Not sure about Washington.
we'll see, imo the biggest reason Chicago hasn't done well developing a QB is do to there run first philosophy, even though they've had some quality receivers, they to quickly abandon the pass and run, they've either had poor receiver talent, or poor pass blocking, or QB's that haul the ball in and run after the first 2 reads are covered as was common with Fields
even back in the Cutler seasons there passing offense was limited, rarely did they ever have more then one quality receiver per season.
while Allen may only be a 1 yr rental, they already have DJ Moore and again Rumer is slot 9 will be used to get the best of either Harrison, Nabors, ODunze, or Thomas, they also just bought RB Swift.
my point is the Bears we see this year wont be the Bears we saw last year, and Yoho while I might not be as well read as you about this stuff ( never was either
) I can still pick up on trends, and what I see now with Chicago is change, and it resembles the changes I saw with Detroit several years ago
Also Caleb Williams is as walk on ready as any QB I've seen drafted in the last few years, I don't know where any of this talk that Mayes is the more ready prospect is coming from, imo it's just draft hype.
maybe it's my bias for the Bears over the Vikes