Will Caleb sink or float with new OL

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The Bears invested big money to fix their OL, will Caleb William finally plays like a first overall pick? Screenshot 2025 05 14 13 23 38 87 40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12
 

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There are a ton of interesting developing stories out there -

Caleb will be a little better this year - I think. Not great or even good - but maybe edging up into serviceable for a .500 team.

I am very curious to see how the Vikings do with their current plan of putting every single egg they have in the JJ McCarthy basket....him never having taken an actual NFL snap. I guessing we get to se Sam Howell at some point.

The Pittsburgh QB room is a hot mess - starring Mason Rudolph, Skylar Thompson and the Ohio state rookie. Ouch.
 

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Everyone on here thinks we're going to become the 90s Cowboys OL because we paired an FCS rookie with a coordinator on his fifth team in the past five years, so logically, Williams should have time to paint his nails back there.
 

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Everyone? You love to equate a little bit of positivity to us acting like we have a HOF O Line. 🍺 ✌️

Our o line will be improved, with a lot of work to do.
 
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Some critics identified both the Bears and the Hawks to have OL issues. These two teams diagnosed their OL, and came up with different results.

The Hawks identified poor QB plays with Geno Smith as the cause, therefore we traded away Geno . We didn't sign any IOL free agency period.

The Bears went the opposite route, invested heavily in free agents to improve their line.

Symptoms maybe similar but root causes and treatments were opposite?
 
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There are a ton of interesting developing stories out there -

Caleb will be a little better this year - I think. Not great or even good - but maybe edging up into serviceable for a .500 team.

I am very curious to see how the Vikings do with their current plan of putting every single egg they have in the JJ McCarthy basket....him never having taken an actual NFL snap. I guessing we get to se Sam Howell at some point.

The Pittsburgh QB room is a hot mess - starring Mason Rudolph, Skylar Thompson and the Ohio state rookie. Ouch.
But Celab is a generational talent.
 

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Williams, Geno and Darnold were all top five in sacks last season. Going to be interesting to see if any of that changes. Williams better hope his sacks drop considerably, he had 18 more than Geno even.
 

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There are a ton of interesting developing stories out there -

Caleb will be a little better this year - I think. Not great or even good - but maybe edging up into serviceable for a .500 team.

I am very curious to see how the Vikings do with their current plan of putting every single egg they have in the JJ McCarthy basket....him never having taken an actual NFL snap. I guessing we get to se Sam Howell at some point.

The Pittsburgh QB room is a hot mess - starring Mason Rudolph, Skylar Thompson and the Ohio state rookie. Ouch.
Pittsburg will revert to historical form. Pound the ball, play tough D, and hope the QB situation is better, or next year they get another good draft pick......... or they sign a QB. I hear there is a Manning that could come out of retirement... or maybe ???????
 

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Williams, Geno and Darnold were all top five in sacks last season. Going to be interesting to see if any of that changes. Williams better hope his sacks drop considerably, he had 18 more than Geno even.
In one year, the Broncos went from giving up 52 sacks to 24 sacks, and all they did was replace Russell Wilson with a rookie, and promoted their fifth round pick from a few years earlier to starting center after losing their previous center in free agency.
 

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