Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears offense seem to have found their stride.
The Bears undressed the Carolina Panthers defense on Sunday, winning 36-10 -- one week following a 24-point showing against the Rams. The offense struggled to get going out of the gate, but of late have been showing how good they can be when they start to put things together. The up-tempo pace was working, and the passing game flourished while D'Andre Swift was able to wreak havoc on the ground.
Of course, the awful Panthers aren’t exactly the best measuring stick, so it’s only appropriate for a team like the Bears to smack them. That notwithstanding, it was perhaps the most comfortable Williams has looked in an NFL game so far. He was 20-of-29 for 304 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the air, connecting with DJ Moore on both scores.
Moore said Monday in his weekly appearance on The Mully & Haugh Show that he’s watching Williams get better with each week.
“He’s playing lights out week in and week out. He’s gotten better week in and week out,” said Moore, who finished with 105 yards receiving on five catches with the pair of touchdowns. “Seeing different coverages and playing teams that (show) us the same coverage on defense is another thing that he would get used to because it’s like a copycat league. But for him to diagnose defenses and see it on film and see it in live action is something he’s gotten better at. So, I’m glad to see that part.”
There are a lot of new pieces on offense, so it probably shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise that it took a few weeks for things to click. And with another dreadful defense awaiting them this weekend in the Jaguars, they should get another chance to refine things against a lower-stakes opponent before facing the Commanders in Week 8 out of the bye.