Chicago Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams threw 4 touchdowns within the 35-16 beating of the Jacksonville Jaguars on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, a efficiency Sky Sports activities’ Jason Bell mentioned was “an honour to watch”.
Williams turned solely the third QB to throw 4 TDs in an Worldwide collection sport in London – following within the footsteps of Tom Brady (2012) and Blake Bortles (2017) – and the primary Bears rookie to take action in any sport since 1999.
Williams – the No 1 total decide within the 2024 NFL Draft – additionally turned simply the second rookie quarterback to win a sport in London, with Bell labelling the 22-year-old “special”.
“It was an honour to watch him,” he mentioned. “He was on point.
“We all know this man is gifted – we talked about all of it all through the draft – however, as a rookie, you possibly can wrestle at occasions.
“It is all about making issues occur. You noticed the play designs, you noticed the trickeration and also you noticed him benefit from it.
“He makes issues look very easy, and that is due to his command of this offense. He can ship with pinpoint accuracy.
“Caleb Williams is special!”
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Chicago Bears rejoice Keenan Allen’s landing in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars with some tea within the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium finish zone.
Bell added: “It’s so hard for these young quarterbacks, especially the top draft picks, we expect a lot out of them.
“Give them time, give them sympathy, compassion and the expertise will rise by. That is precisely what is occurring.”
The Williams-inspired win is Chicago’s third-straight on the season and moves them to 4-2 on the year, and the Bears rookie himself said he was reaping the benefit of his increased comfort in the league.
Williams was asked in the post-match press conference what he credits his success to after backing up a 300-yard performance in last week’s win over the Carolina Panthers with his four-TD effort in London.
“Offensive line, teaching, the management on this workforce, the fixed mindset of preserve going and us believing in one another, that’s what I credit score it to,” he answered.
“All through this complete course of of those previous couple video games we have had, I believe I have been seeing it nicely.
“That starts throughout the week, watching film, in practice, talking to the coaches, players and things like that.
“Clearly, you research, you watch, and do all these different issues, however as soon as the ball snaps, it’s important to know what it’s important to do and be assured about it.
“It’s about having the comfort level of playing football, having that feel for the game.”
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Cole Kmet does all of it on this play, scoring the landing earlier than standing in as back-up lengthy snapper for the Chicago Bears.
Third-year Bears head coach Matt Eberflus was additionally stuffed with reward for his rookie quarterback after the match
“I always look at the QBR [quarterback rating], and that was good, in the 120s again,” he instructed reporters. “That’s consistency. You want the progress to be linear but it’s not always that way.
“However we really feel that he took a step in the appropriate route, our soccer workforce took a step in the appropriate route of enjoying that complementary soccer.
“He’s always been good enough in terms of the talent and those things. But he’s learning the game, learning our offense, learning the skill sets our guys have and how to utilize those. He’s going a good job with that.”
What’s subsequent?
The Jaguars will stay in London as they put together to host the New England Patriots at Wembley Stadium, enjoying back-to-back video games within the UK for the second yr working. Chicago in the meantime head right into a bye week earlier than visiting the Washington Commanders in Week Eight.
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