Even Justin Fields Fans Must Admit Caleb Williams is Better

I am one of those fans and observers who argued that the Chicago Bears should keep Justin Fields at quarterback and build around him as opposed to drafting Caleb Williams (or Jayden Daniels, I guess, but the Bears made it clear that they were focused on Williams).

One season into William's career with the Bears, I think I was probably wrong.

I am still hedging a little because it's still not clear if Williams, who had an up-and-down rookie campaign, will be a consistently good NFL QB. And there's still a team for Fields to show he can lead to the playoffs. He wasn't terrible in Pittsburgh, though he did wind up benched -- of course, it's hard to say if he was benched due to poor play or because Pittsburgh wanted veteran Russell Wilson to start.

And yes, some of my concerns with Williams were the same as what I worried about with Fields. For example, even before he was drafted, I had concerns about Williams holding on to the ball too long and trying to play hero ball. He ended up being sacked 68 times -- and while his offensive line was leaky, some of those sacks were on Williams for not throwing the ball away.

That said, any Bears fan with eyes could see that Williams was developing in a way that Fields never did in Chicago. Some of that is on coaching, sure, and both Fields and Williams were let down by poor coaching. But even with all the coaching-staff madness he had to deal with, Williams seemed to grow more in one year than Fields did in three.

Williams is also a better pure passer than Fields.

My concerns with Williams coming out of college were that he held on to the ball too long and he fumbled too much. Fumbles weren't an issue with the Bears in season one.

I still think Fields has the chance to "get it" and if he ever becomes a consistent passer, he could be a great dual-threat quarterback. But Williams can make throws that few other QBs can, he's also dangerous with his legs (even if he doesn't like to run the way Fields does), and he seems to be learning more quickly.

I am not saying Williams is a finished product, but as it stands right now, I think the Bears made the right call -- one that I wasn't necessarily in favor of. I argued before that if the Bears were to trade Fields, they had to be certain Williams -- or whatever rookie QB they picked -- was better.

It's looking like Williams is better than Fields. If that's the case, the Bears did the right thing for once. And if their head-coaching hire of Ben Johnson works out, maybe they can continue to actually make the right decisions.

That would be an amazing place to be for both this franchise and its fanbase. Not to mention an unusual one. Let's hope that Bears become known more for their correct calls than the incorrect ones.

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