Par4QC
Did you read the article? He has a lot of athletic talent and ability, but is very slow in picking things up. He missed some very easy throws last night. After reading the article Iād be hoping last night isnāt indicative of whatās reported in the article. The excerpt below is troubling.
āThat early, that spring, the Bears changed the snap count to appease Williams. Instead of using a combination of colors and numbers like every other team in the NFL, the Bears reverted to a āReady, set, go!ā straight out of JV football because thatās what the quarterback requested. Aside from the obvious on-field consequences ā defenders could tee off ā the Bears were establishing a troubling precedent in allowing a rookie to tell them exactly what to do. Veterans couldnāt believe it. āAre you shitting me?ā one receiver asked a coach.
When a play call was sent in, heād stare at this wristband for a painful length of time. āLike it was in another language,ā another coach says. Williams verbalized the call in the huddle, it was wrong half the time, and then players would be lined up wrong all over the field. Verbiage was truncated. Huddling was minimized. The playbook, dumbed down. The Bears offense devolved into an exercise of trial and error to fit whatever the USC rookie demanded.ā
