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Bears coach Ben Johnson details from the combine how he is looking forward to working with Caleb Williams and what the offense can look like in Year 1.
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00:06Well, the springtime, not just for Caleb, but for the entire team, is we're going to
00:10go back to the basics, and that's the fundamentals of each position, blocking, tackling, catching
00:16the football, running after the catch, ball security.
00:18We're going to break it down to the studs and work to develop it from there.
00:22And so for Caleb, what are the important things about playing the quarterback position at
00:28the NFL level?
00:28It's as simple as the procedure of the huddle, breaking the huddle, using cadence, motion,
00:34shifts, all those things that can help attack a defense that we feel like can take another
00:39step here in Chicago.
00:41That'll be the starting point.
00:44The out of structure, the off schedule, the creation, that's what stands out the most,
00:51because that's really the way that this league's going right now, it seems like.
00:56As much as you want to make it pure progression, one to two to three, there's just too much
01:01variety.
01:01The pass rush is coming down, and to have an athlete like Caleb extend the play and potentially
01:08find an explosive down the field, that's what gets me going a little bit.
01:12I get excited thinking about that because I haven't really been around that since I've
01:17been in the league.
01:18But I've been on the other side, and I've experienced it, and it's demoralizing when
01:22you're on the other side and you're watching that happen to your defense.
01:26I think I made this statement in my opening press conference that that's an area we have
01:30to get better.
01:31That doesn't necessarily mean we need five new starters, because all it takes is one individual
01:37to blow up a play.
01:38And so we're just identifying where we can get a little bit better, and we're going to
01:42continue to raise that floor, and we'll find the right mix of five to eight, nine, ten guys.
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