There’s some buzz surrounding Caleb Williams this week due to him being picked by a poll of coaches, scouts, and executives as a top 10 quarterback in the league, so I wanted to check the pulse of Chicago Bears fans and get their expectations for him this season.
As we all know, Caleb set the franchise record for passing yards a season ago, with 3,942, breaking Erik Kramer’s 30-year-old record of 3,838. Williams’ was done in a 17-game season, so he averaged 8 fewer yards per game (231.9) than Kramer (239.9),
who set his record in 16 games.
The all-time Bears record for passing yards per game in a season — NFL rules dictate that a player must average 14 pass attempts per team game to qualify for a single-season mark — is Brian Griese, who averaged 257.7 yards per game in 2007. He only played in 7 games that year, but his 262 attempts qualify him.
In 2014, Jay Cutler averaged 254.1 passing yards per game in 15 games, and he looked to be a lock to break Kramer’s record, but Marc Trestman benched him for their week 16 game. That benching still annoys me.
In year two of the offense, Caleb should see an uptick in production, so do you see him breaking the untouched in the Windy City 4,000-yard passing mark? Do you see him eclipsing Griese’s average per-game record?
For those wondering about the math, Williams would need to pass for 4,381 to break Griese’s 257.7 yards per game mark.
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