Bears coach Ben Johnson didn’t want to reveal too much about his plans for quarterback Caleb Williams as players reported to Halas Hall for training camp on Tuesday, but he had no problem making public that one standard for him this season will be completing 70% of his passes.
By extension, then, he’s looking for something near that in practices, which begin Wednesday morning.
“I would love for him this season to complete 70% of his balls, so you would like to think that over the course of practice we’re completing 70% or more, or that’s hard to just magically arise in a game,” Johnson said. “It’s a lofty goal but it’s one we’re going to strive for. We’re going to use that as a benchmark and work from there.”
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Williams often lamented his struggles with throwing accuracy last season, when he started by completing just 14 of 29 passes against the Titans and went on to finish 29th in the NFL (among players who played at least 10 games) with a 62.5 completion percentage. That included three rookies: Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye and Bo Nix.
Johnson’s former quarterback with the Lions, Jared Goff, completed 72.4% of his passes last season — second in the league.
Williams also threw for 3,541 yards, had 20 touchdown passes, threw six interceptions and posted an 87.8 passer rating. Among Bears single-season leaders, he was fourth in yardage, 12th in touchdown passes and 12th in passer rating among players who threw 200 or more passes.
