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When the Bears hired new HC Ben Johnson, QB Caleb Williams said he was excited for some hard coaching. That’s exactly what he’s gotten so far, with Johnson relentlessly drilling Williams on the details he wants to see in his game.

“Before it was a little bit more, ‘How can we just bridge him to this first year?'” Bears GM Ryan Poles said via ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. “This is like, ‘We have to set your foundation and you don’t really have a choice.’ It’s tough love, and I think he was looking for that. It’s honest feedback. No gray.”

Johnson’s exacting approach has been applied to the whole offense, not just Williams, and it’s led to a lot of critical reports about the Bears’ offense as a whole through camp so far. However, the players are saying the approach is opposite from the one

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