Geoff Schwartz: Caleb Williams will play 'more free' after Bears overhauled interior offensive line

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00:00And it starts, again, it starts at OTAs.

00:02It starts in training camp.

00:03Just being around a player like that.

00:05Hey, how do I lift the right way?

00:07Everyone lifts a little differently.

00:08How do I study film the right way?

00:10How do I see what's in front of me

00:11if you're an offensive lineman for the defense?

00:13You know, Caleb Williams having that,

00:15the players who are, I think, again,

00:16the veteran part of signing those three interior guys

00:20is just allowing Caleb Williams, I think, to be more free.

00:24To know that those three guys, they're veterans.

00:26They've seen a lot of football up front.

00:28That they're gonna have you protected inside out.

00:31Like, that's such an important thing

00:32for a young quarterback to know that

00:34I'm not gonna see pressure in my face.

00:36Because a lot of guys, when they're young,

00:39you know, having that firm inside the pocket,

00:41not just when they're young,

00:42but I mean, everyone will enjoy this,

00:43but it's easier, it's more important

00:45when you're a young quarterback.

00:46Especially someone like Caleb Williams

00:47who has an issue of getting sacked too much.

00:49It's something he has to work out.

00:51It's not just an offensive line issue.

00:52It's a Caleb Williams issue as well.

00:53But going into a season, or a game, or a practice,

00:57feeling very comfortable with the interior offensive line

01:00goes a long way in starting the process

01:02of Caleb Williams just playing better football.

01:04How do you view the relative importance

01:07of guard, center, guard now,

01:09especially with a quarterback like Williams,

01:11to the classic importance of the tackles

01:15keeping the edge solid?

01:17Well, look, the thing about guard, center, guard

01:23is the importance of it is a couple things.

01:25One is that we're seeing now

01:27the way that defenses rush quarterbacks,

01:32they will put their best defensive lineman anywhere.

01:35And you can't just have a weakness.

01:37Like they will exploit that weakness.

01:38They'll put them on anyone around,

01:40you know, except like Watt,

01:41who plays over one guy the entire game,

01:43but they'll move everyone everywhere, right?

01:44And so you can't have a weakness.

01:46So it used to be that the pass rush

01:48or the best pass rush were only over the tackles.

01:50Well, that's not the case anymore, right?

01:51So you have to have guards that can pass protect.

01:53You also now have just so many good defensive tackles

01:56that can rush the passer.

01:57And the quickest way to disrupt a quarterback

01:59is to get someone up the middle who moves them off his spot

02:02and makes them uncomfortable right at the snap.

02:05And so having those interior guys is important.

02:07I can't wait to see what happens.

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