James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
Coaches around the NFL will tell you that training camp is the time for mistakes, but Caleb Williams really stretched that adage over the weekend. Two videos of Williams went viral, as the second-year QB had some absolutely horrendous passes.
The first came during a drill in which the Bears’ QBs worked against a throwing net in a target drill. Williams somehow managed to miss every target from 10 yards away, then miss the net all together on his final pass.
Williams was noticeably annoyed with himself, and understandably so. This isn’t exactly the kind of thing that makes fans feel confident in a QB they’re banking their entire future on, in a year where Chicago is expected to make a major jump in the NFC North with an upgraded offensive line.
As bad as this clip was, things went worse at fan night as Williams scrambled under duress before throwing up a duck that was easily picked off.
In total Williams went 5-for-17 with three interceptions in his reps in front of fans. Hardly the kind of outing we hoped to see. Now,