said on an ESPN segment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019ve polled people around the league about quarterbacks, and where they rank, and even though he\u2019s [Williams] erratic at times, he\u2019s the type of player that can make plays only Patrick Mahomes could make before him. He\u2019s got that sort of ceiling right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
To be clear, Williams is absolutely not in that Mahomes tier yet, in terms of accomplishments. The young Bears passer needs some hardware, including some MVPs and Super Bowls, first. Also, Mahomes\u2019 consistency as a passer and ability to do all the little things right\u2014for example, his 62.7% last year (the lowest of his career) marked just the third time ever Mahomes has failed to complete 66% of his throws\u2014is something Williams can emulate.<\/p>\n
But when the outside noise starts getting to this level around Williams\u2014something we\u2019ve never seen in our lifetime as Bears fans\u2014it\u2019s hard not to get pumped. We\u2019re talking about a Chicago Bears quarterback being actively compared to the best quarterback in the game right now, not based on pre-draft potential but what he\u2019s actually doing in the NFL.<\/p>\n
Being a top-10 NFL QB was always the expectation for a player of Williams\u2019 talent. MVP-level, Mahomes-type play was the dream. With Ben Johnson at the helm and a strong sophomore season in the books, including a magical playoff ride, the stakes are rising for the 2026 season. It\u2019s time for Williams to prove it. Anything less than superstardom would feel like failure now.<\/p>\n
But after all we\u2019ve seen so far, there\u2019s no reason to think Williams\u2019 play can\u2019t rise to the occasion along with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re officially getting to the point where the insane hype around Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams doesn\u2019t feel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,360291,357761,305258,593,4030,85],"class_list":["post-750478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chicago-bears-discussion","tag-chicago-bears-news","tag-from-the-desk-of","tag-nfl","tag-notes","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}