‘The arm talent, it’s crazy’: Declan Doyle provides early Caleb Williams impressions
Declan Doyle hasn’t completed his deep dive into Caleb Williams’ game tape, so he was a little leery of providing a full evaluation of his new quarterback. There wasn’t as much crossover tape of the Bears quarterback watched when Doyle was working in Denver, so Chicago’s new offensive coordinator is essentially starting from scratch.
Early impressions have been positive, going back to Denver’s evaluation of the 2024 draft class while looking for their own quarterback.
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“In the draft process (you could see that), the arm talent, it’s crazy,” Doyle said Thursday in a virtual presser with local media. “It’s very, very impressive.”
Williams had moments of brilliance during his rookie season and moments of struggle during a productive, yet uneven season where he was hindered by coaching upheaval.
His off-schedule plays, especially, filled his highlight reel.
“I think the biggest thing is just the talent of the kid, the ability to use his legs,” Doyle said. “He is a tough kid. You see it on tape. Obviously, the communication and all that stuff (is there). But his second act, his ability to evade the pocket, his ability to create is a special thing. It’s something that I got to see with Bo (Nix) in Denver last year. That ability to evade and put pressure on a defense and kind of be the eraser of game-planning mistakes, I think that’s really exciting about him.”
Doyle will be part of an effort to tailor head coach Ben Johnson’s system around Williams and other Bears players, an offseason endeavor the 28-year-old is excited to undertake.
“Watching Detroit from afar, there’s a lot of similarities between what we did in New Orleans and Denver and the offense he has built,” Doyle said. “It’s really the modern version of that. So, I’m very excited to kind of sit down with Ben, discuss scheme, discuss things that fit our personnel in being able to shape this thing around the personnel we have here.”