There’s some buzz surrounding Caleb Williams this week resulting from him being picked by a ballot of coaches, scouts, and executives as a top 10 quarterback within the league, so I wished to test the heart beat of Chicago Bears followers and get their expectations for him this season.
As everyone knows, Caleb set the franchise file for passing yards a season in the past, with 3,942, breaking Erik Kramer’s 30-year-old file of three,838. Williams’ was accomplished in a 17-game season, so he averaged 8 fewer yards per recreation (231.9) than Kramer (239.9), who set his file in 16 video games.
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The all-time Bears file for passing yards per recreation in a season — NFL guidelines dictate {that a} participant should common 14 move makes an attempt per group recreation to qualify for a single-season mark — is Brian Griese, who averaged 257.7 yards per recreation in 2007. He solely performed in 7 video games that 12 months, however his 262 makes an attempt qualify him.
In 2014, Jay Cutler averaged 254.1 passing yards per recreation in 15 video games, and he appeared to be a lock to break Kramer’s file, however Marc Trestman benched him for his or her week 16 recreation. That benching nonetheless annoys me.
In 12 months two of the offense, Caleb ought to see an uptick in manufacturing, so do you see him breaking the untouched within the Windy City 4,000-yard passing mark? Do you see him eclipsing Griese’s common per-game file?
For these questioning concerning the math, Williams would want to move for 4,381 to break Griese’s 257.7 yards per recreation mark.
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