Chicago Bears made big decision on Caleb Williams for Browns preseason game

Earlier in training camp, Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson was unsure how many reps his starters would receive during the preseason, including quarterback Caleb Williams.

Even if the Bears chose to sit Williams and the starters in preseason games, Johnson wanted to go through a warm-up procedure before the game, something the team did before their first preseason game against the Cleveland Browns on Saturday.

Per Sean Hammond of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Bears decided to sit most of the starting offense against the Browns.

“Looks like pretty much the entire starting offense is sitting today for the Bears, including Williams, Swift, Monangai, the entire O-line, Kmet, Loveland, Odunze, Burden, and Raymond,” Hammond posted on X. “All those guys are in street clothes.”

Per Brad Biggs, the Williams and skilled players had a 42-minute walkthrough before the game at Soldier Field.

On defense, the Bears kept out CB Jaylon Johnson, DT Grady Jarrett, and LB TJ Edwards. The Bears are expected to play the rest of the defense not batting injuries, including LB Devin Bush, rookie S Dillon Thieneman, and DE Austin Booker.

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Johnson wants to keep his guys as healthy as possible before playing the Carolina Panthers in Week 1.

‘We need all these guys to be as healthy as we possibly can going into the season because it’s a long year,’’ Johnson said earlier in August. ‘‘But at the same time, we want to make sure that we’re prepped and we’re ready. We’re looking at numbers.

“We’ve got sports-science data. The number of reps we’re getting, the quality of the reps that we’re getting, it all goes into it.’’

It’s possible Williams and some of the Bears starters won’t see action in the preseason at all. The Bears’ final two preseason games come after joint practices against the Cincinnati Bengals and Tennessee Titans.

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