Opposite to Caleb Williams’ claims in a brand new ebook, the Bears quarterback had each day movie periods with coaches, former head coach Matt Eberflus mentioned.
Eberflus, who’s in his first yr because the Cowboys’ defensive coordinator, advised “The Doomsday Podcast” with Ed Werder and Matt Mosley that Williams wasn’t left to his personal units within the movie room.
“I’d say this,” Eberflus mentioned. “Within the growth of the quarterback place — and actually, all positions at my time with the Bears — now we have at all times had each day, coached movie periods. That was all by way of your complete yr. That’s what I noticed and that’s the place it was. … That’s actually all I’ve to say about it.”
Within the upcoming ebook “American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback,” writer Seth Wickersham writes that Caleb Williams advised his father Carl that “nobody tells me what to look at” in movie periods.
Williams mentioned final month that he knew find out how to watch movie however was looking for “extra environment friendly methods” to take action as a rookie. The Bears imagine that new head coach Ben Johnson and his offensive employees will assist Williams to that finish — as will third-string quarterback Case Keenum, who has been within the NFL since 2013.
Eberflus mentioned he’s been serving to his boss Brian Schottenheimer, a first-time head coach, with the tasks of his new gig.
“There are quite a lot of issues as a head coach that you just don’t know which are concerned with the job till you change into a head coach … if it’s with the media, if it’s with PR, no matter it could be — observe schedules, set up, coaching camp, all these issues,” he mentioned. “If I see one thing, I say one thing.”
