Will Caleb Williams turn into Bears' first 4,000-yard passer in 2024?

The Chicago Bears are the one staff in NFL historical past that has by no means had a quarterback throw for 4,000 yards in a single season. Might that change this season with the arrival of former USC star Caleb Williams?

Craig Carton opined that Williams, the Bears’ first total decide on this 12 months’s draft, will certainly finish the drought for Chicago subsequent season on Friday’s version of “The Carton Present.”

“I feel if you happen to put Bryce Younger on the left aspect of the spectrum, and you set C.J. Stroud on the fitting aspect of the spectrum primarily based on final 12 months and their rookie seasons, I consider that Caleb Williams goes to be a lot farther to the fitting on the C.J. Stroud aspect of the docket than the Bryce Younger aspect,” Carton mentioned. “I feel it is on the desk (Williams throwing for 4,000 yards) due to the weapons they (the Bears) have given him.”

Younger struggled in his rookie season with the Carolina Panthers, posting a 73.7 passer score in a 2-15 season, whereas Stroud received 2023 Offensive Rookie of the Yr honors en path to serving to the Houston Texans attain the AFC divisional spherical.

The Bears considerably upgraded their offense this offseason, most notably buying large receiver and six-time Professional Bowler Keenan Allen from the Los Angeles Chargers. In addition they signed former Chargers tight finish Gerald Everett and former Philadelphia Eagles operating again D’Andre Swift. In the meantime, Chicago chosen Washington large receiver Rome Odunze with the No. 9 decide within the draft (the Bears had two top-10 alternatives on account of a 2023 commerce with the Panthers, who moved as much as choose Younger at No. 1).

These gamers add to a Chicago offense that features large receiver DJ Moore, who has racked up 1,100-plus receiving yards in 4 of the previous 5 seasons, and tight finish Cole Kmet, who totaled a career-high 73 receptions final season.

Former NFL receiver Plaxico Burress detailed what a profitable rookie season would appear like for Williams from a statistical standpoint.

“I feel if Caleb Williams is ready to get to three,200-3,500 [yards], 20 touchdowns — I consider that that is a profitable season,” Burress mentioned, “particularly including D’Andre Swift to the operating again place, so we simply have to attend and see.”

Erik Kramer holds the Bears document for passing yards in a single season, throwing for 3,838 yards in 1995. He additionally has the franchise document for many passing touchdowns in a single season, throwing for 29 scores that very same 12 months.

Jay Cutler, who performed for Chicago from 2009-16 and is the franchise’s all-time passing chief with 23,443 yards, got here near surpassing Kramer’s 1995 marketing campaign, throwing for 3,812 yards in 2014.

Williams was a one-time All-American, the 2022 Pac-12 Offensive Participant of the Yr and the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner. In mentioned 2022 marketing campaign, Williams accomplished 66.6% of his passes for 4,537 passing yards, 42 passing touchdowns and 5 interceptions, good for a 168.5 passer score. He additionally ran for 382 yards and 10 touchdowns. Williams adopted up his Heisman marketing campaign by throwing for 3,633 yards and 30 touchdowns, whereas speeding for one more 11 scores in 2023.

Williams will make his NFL regular-season debut for the Bears towards the Tennessee Titans on Sept. 8 (1 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports activities app).

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