Ben Johnson not shying away from Caleb Williams throwing for 70%
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The Chicago Bears saw an immediate impact pairing head coach Ben Johnson with quarterback Caleb Williams, as Johnson helped maximize Williams' potential in just one season. But there's still plenty to accomplish, including one goal where Williams fell well short of in 2025.
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Last summer, Johnson set a goal for Williams to complete 70 percent of his passes. Despite Williams' success in the clutch, where he led an NFL-record seven fourth-quarter comebacks, his completion percentage was the one area that ranked near the bottom of the league. Williams completed 58.1 percent of his passes, which was down from his 62.1 completion percentage from his rookie season.
Despite not hitting that goal last season, Johnson isn't shying away from issuing the challenge to Williams once again entering his third NFL season. After all, that's a mark that represents where Johnson and Williams want him to be in the league.
“If we want to be elite, we want to be that 70 percent marker,” Johnson said, via CHGO. “We fell short of that. And we don’t shy away from that. I think when you look at it, for us to get to 65 percent completion even, cut that in half, we need to find 40 more completions over the course of the season. Well, let me tell you something. When you watch the self-scout, there’s 80, 90, 100 completions we left out on the table. And I’m not just talking about passes dropped.”
While Williams made huge strides in his second season after just one year with Johnson, he still has a long way to go before he's considered among the NFL's elite. Dropped passes played a key role in that completion percentage, but it's also on Williams and the coaching staff to find a way to get that percentage up.
Johnson has challenged Williams from the start, and he continues to set the bar high heading into a crucial Year 3 that could end with the Bears inking their first major quarterback contract extension since Jay Cutler in 2014.
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