Caleb Williams's rookie year in the NFL has not gone as well as both he and the Chicago Bears had hoped after he came to the franchise as one of best quarterback prospects in a long time. The Heisman Trophy winner out of USC has proven to be human and dealt with the type of on-the-job training that has tested every young signal-caller to come into the league before him. That's not to say he's played poorly as there are some things to like—16 touchdown passes against five interceptions—it's just that offensive line deficiencies and other Bears weaknesses have stood in the way of winning.
Headed into the weekend Chicago has a 4–9 record in the tortuous NFC North. They'll close out with road games in Minnesota and Green Bay while playing host to Detroit and Seattle. None of those will be easy and the bright spot is a reimagined Bears franchise will have improved draft position going into next year's continuation of the rebuild.
