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When the Bears hired head coach Ben Johnson, he promised to make quarterback Caleb Williams uncomfortable, starting with the snap of each play.
Johnson puts his quarterback under center, something Williams didn’t do often in high school, college or his first year with the Bears. Only 13 teams ran more plays out of the shotgun than the Bears did last season. Johnson’s Lions, though, ran the fewest.
After the Bears’ offseason program ended, Williams was given a series of homework assignments before training camp began. One of them was to make sure his footwork was precise once he took the snap from under center.