Slimmed-Down Caleb Williams Looks to 'Be Smoother,' Improve on the Little Things in 2026
Ben Johnson is pushing Caleb Williams to improve accuracy after he finished last in the NFL at 58.1% completion last season.
- On Wednesday, July 29, 2026, Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams began training camp at Halas Hall in Lake Forest under coach Ben Johnson, with whom he is now connecting better.
- Previously, Ben Johnson was so demanding that Williams questioned if the coach liked him, compounded by the quarterback's rookie struggles finishing last in the NFL at 58.1% accuracy.
- Johnson mandates that Williams completes 70% of his passes; despite the coach's yelling and cursing, Williams said he will "do it at 200%" for the team's greater good.
- Williams now focuses on taking easy completions when available, planning to extend plays with his speed and elusiveness only when necessary rather than as a primary strategy.
- The Chicago Bears aim to leverage Williams' unorthodox throwing ability while maintaining discipline to achieve their common goal of becoming champions.
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QB Caleb Williams Is The Most Important Bear of 2026
And here we are. The end of the road in this year’s Most Important Bears series, with the name you penciled in before you clicked the intro: the most important Bear of 2026. Caleb Williams is No. 1. Of course he is. But I promised you back at No. 2 that this wasn’t as simple as it looks, and it isn’t. “The quarterback is the most important player” is the least surprising sentence in football. Slapping Williams at the top and calling it a day wou…
Slimmed-down Caleb Williams looks to 'be smoother,' improve on the little things in 2026
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (WGN) — It's a new year with a new (slimmer) Caleb Williams, who is looking to add another layer of speed and grace to his bag in 2026. After the Chicago Bears' first practice of training camp on Wednesday, Williams revealed he lost "10-15" pounds over the offseason and his goals to [...]
Bears coach Ben Johnson still 'yells and curses' at QB Caleb Williams, but they're connecting much better
Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is still getting the full force of coach Ben Johnson’s fury on the practice field. It’s just hitting him a lot differently than it did last summer.Williams laughed dismissively Wednesday when asked if Johnson has softened his tone toward him going into their second season together. It wasn’t so funny, though, when Johnson was so hard on Williams that the quarterback worried that his coach didn’t like him.Johnson,…
“He’s A Taller Bryce Young” – Caleb Williams Looks Like A Completely Different Person
Caleb Williams. Credit: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Caleb Williams just gave Bears fans something unexpected to talk about at the start of training camp. The second-year quarterback arrived looking noticeably different after an offseason of focused changes. He dropped between 10 and 15 pounds through better eating habits, cutting off meals after 7 p.m., and prioritizing sleep. The result is a leaner frame and a cleaner facial-hair style tha…
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