Overview
- Ben Johnson said during late-May OTAs that the quarterback room is in a different and better place than a year ago based on improved on-field communication and urgency.
- Johnson pointed to clearer huddle communication, faster tempo to the line of scrimmage, and stronger command of the offense as visible improvements.
- Caleb Williams remains the franchise starting quarterback and the Bears kept Tyson Bagent and Case Keenum as depth, which the team views as stabilizing the position.
- The team lost its offensive coordinator in the offseason but Johnson remains the play-caller, a continuity the staff credits with allowing work on advanced progressions and coverage indicators.
- Those assessments come from limited-contact OTAs and are process measures rather than game proof, so the next things to watch are how practice gains translate to completion rate and in-game decision speed.