Caleb Williams: It has been a frustrating and encouraging year

Monday night’s 30-12 loss to the Vikings was the eighth in the row for the Bears and there’s only so much of a positive spin that one can put on going through that kind of stretch.

Quarterback Caleb Williams gave it his best try. The first overall pick of this year’s draft was 18-of-31 for 191 yards and a touchdown while being sacked twice in the loss and said “it’s been frustrating and encouraging” when asked to reflect on his rookie season after the loss.

The frustrating part of being on a 4-10 team needs little explanation, but Williams said the encouraging part is “how much we fight as a team.”

“Being able to go through all of what’s happened this year,” Williams said, via Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com. “Me not playing well at the beginning of the season and feeling like I was seeing it well and then being able to find ways to keep growing, keep progressing through those times that I was frustrated. Coaches getting fired and all of this stuff going on, 4-10 right now. Being able to wake up, be consistent, do that every day with how it’s been going is encouraging for me. It’s encouraging for this team and we’ve got to keep going. It’s been encouraging but also frustrating for myself.”

More changes will come for the Bears once the season comes to an end and the choices they make in that process will go a long way to determining if Williams will have to continue working so hard to find bright sides.