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A video emerged of Bears QB Caleb Williams visibly frustrated after struggling with his accuracy in a throwing drill. When asked about Williams, GM Ryan Poles said he has no issue with the quarterback’s show of emotion.
“I actually think it’s pretty cool,” Poles said, via Courtney Cronin of ESPN. “I knew there was a bad practice. I’ve seen clips on Twitter. I didn’t know it was a national crisis of Caleb struggling.”
Williams reflected on playing under new HC Ben Johnson, saying he’s working hard to retain all the information Johnson is giving him and to correct mistakes after they occur.
“They’ve installed a lot — OTAs, now,” Williams said. “I take pride in trying to retain it all, every single detail that we have. I think that’s where I’ve been growing so far since Ben’s been here is retaining all of the information, all of it makes sense to me and being able to go out there and execute. Obviously, there’s going to be mistakes, but being able to understand that it was a mistake by me or we lined up wrong — whatever the case may be — getting back in the huddle, calling it right, getting back out there, doing it, executing, being a player-led team [is what’s important].”
Poles understands that learning a new system is going to take time for Williams and also praised new DC Dennis Allen for creating a strong defense in camp.
“I think as a human being, I want it to happen super fast, and I would love for it to look really clean and for [Williams] to look like a fifth-year vet right now,” Poles said. “But I think, just being in this long enough, what’s reality, though? It’s going to take time. It’s new. A new defense is going to jump out faster. It always does. We’re also playing this man scheme that [defensive coordinator] Dennis [Allen] is playing is a pain, and he is not holding back anything. And I think because of that it might look choppy at times, but that’s what you want. You want this time to look, be as hard as possible. And then when you get to game time when the lights come on, you want that to then slow down.”
The Packers elected to decline LB Quay Walker‘s fifth-year option for 2025, making him set to be an unrestricted free agent next offseason. Walker said he only wants to prove something to himself this season and is confident things will work out in the end.
“I ain’t really gotta prove nothing,” Walker said, via Matt Schneidman of The Athletic. “I just gotta prove myself right. Ever since I got drafted, I been in this situation where people may feel otherwise, but I ain’t really quite worried about it. Everything will take care of itself.”
When asked if he’d like a long-term extension, Walker said it’s not in his control.
“Of course,” Walker said. *“But it’s out of...
