Caleb Williams's rookie season hasn't gone according to plan on multiple levels and there is a good chance things will get worse as the second half of the year marches on. Williams has been sacked 38 times and suffered from the sideline as the Chicago Bears have suffered multiple gut-wrenching, last-second, easily preventable losses. This week was especially tough as Williams apologized to the team after offensive coordinator Shane Waldron got fired, only for Chicago to lose on a blocked field goal attempt as time expired against the Green Bay Packers.
Speaking to media after another devastating defeat, Williams revealed his old coach, Lincoln Riley, had called him to discuss his early-career turmoil earlier in the week. The rookie quarterback went on to share the two-word message Rilely classily gave his former protégé to help him through said difficulties, a message he gave Williams back in his first year of college: Keep going.
