Bears wide receiver DJ Moore has noticed a positive change in rookie quarterback Caleb Williams.
“He’s been bossy lately, telling us that we need to be on the details,” Moore said on Wednesday.
The Bears are in London to play the Jacksonville Jaguars after winning two games in a row, where Williams began to show why he was the No. 1 pick in the draft.
Williams threw two touchdown passes to Moore in Chicago’s 36-10 win over the Carolina Panthers, following a 24-18 victory against the Los Angeles Rams.
“What I mean by bossy is, if we don’t get something right in practice, he’ll tell us how we need to run it,” Moore explained. “We just look at him and say ‘OK.’ When we’re in the game, we need to make sure it works because he’ll have something to say if it doesn’t. That’s him being a leader.”
Moore compared his 22-year-old quarterback to a younger brother.
“So you look at him like, ‘Dude, don’t talk to me like that.’ But I understand because we need to really connect on that,” the veteran receiver said. “That’s what we did last week. I took his advice, I listened. The older guy had to take a step back for a moment.”
Moore welcomed Williams into the news conference area with a smile and acknowledged his progress. They talked after the team held two 30-minute walkthrough sessions at Hanbury Manor.
Reflecting on his first five NFL games, the quarterback said his growing confidence comes from “growing up a little” and feeling more comfortable in the offense.
And yes, being bossy.
“Partially it was me learning everybody and understanding how they react to certain things,” he said. “Some people you can be a little bossy with, while with others, you have to be calm and controlled.”
On the topic of communication, Williams noted that one of the biggest adjustments from college is “trying to hear in the headset, especially on third down.”
