Chicago Bears rookie Caleb Williams has been having a rough go in his NFL debut on Sunday.
In the Bears’ Week 1 matchup against the Tennessee Titans, Williams struggled to get the passing game going despite having a host of talented receivers at his disposal. The 22-year-old quarterback went 5-for-9 for just 25 yards in a little over a quarter of action and currently has a quarterback rating of 60.9.
It’s still much too early in the season to make any definitive conclusions, yet one of Williams’s underwhelming plays had fans already wondering whether the USC product was ready for the big leagues.
On a 1st-and-10 in the first quarter, Williams faced heavy pressure from the Titans’ pass-rushers and started to scramble backward while looking for passing options. Williams managed to escape one defender but couldn’t get away from Titans’ Sebastian Joseph-Day and was brought down at Tennessee’s 44-yard line.
Sebastian Joseph-Day takes down Caleb Williams for the sack #TitanUp
— NFL (@NFL) September 8, 2024
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The play ended up being a 19-yard sack, eliciting plenty of knee-jerk reactions from fans worried about Williams’s future. It was certainly a "Welcome to the NFL" moment for the Bears rookie.
Caleb Williams trying to scramble backwards in the nfl vs grown lmao this isn’t the pac 12 pic.twitter.com/PrCjlI1Hir
— John (@iam_johnw) September 8, 2024
All that dancing ain’t gonna work in the nfl 💅
— QueenSZN🖤💛(Freddy) (@SteelCityQueen6) September 8, 2024
19 yard sack is crazy
— Lost Tribe Sports (@LostTribeSports) September 8, 2024
This ain’t USC
— SportsArenaTz (@SportsarenatzTz) September 8, 2024
Gotta learn how to throw the ball away rook
— Allan Housell (@housell10) September 8, 2024
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Caleb Williams’s Embarrassing Scramble Had NFL Fans Sounding Off .
