Overview
- J.T. Barrett has instructed Caleb Williams to simplify his reads, get the ball out on time and avoid extending plays so the offense can execute earlier in games.
- Coaches are targeting a major rise in accuracy after Williams finished the 2025 regular season at just over 58 percent completion and posted one of the league’s lowest completion rates among qualifiers.
- Staff say Williams has grown more familiar with Ben Johnson’s system and that Barrett’s prior work with Johnson in Detroit, where Jared Goff posted high completion rates, informs the plan.
- Williams is receptive to the coaching and remains the franchise quarterback playing under his four-year, fully guaranteed rookie contract through the 2027 season unless extended.
- A former scout publicly argued Williams’s accuracy could limit an early extension, and the team’s emphasis on efficiency could influence how the Bears value him when the contract decision arrives.