Caleb Williams Makes Bold Quote on Bears' 'Expectation' on Offense After High-Scoring Week 1

The Chicago Bears have high expectations every time they get the ball, per quarterback Caleb Williams to reporters on Wednesday after being asked about the "full potential" of the offense (2:30 mark).

"Scoring every drive is our mindset, that's the potential of us, that's an internal expectation," Williams said.

"That's an internal feeling of what we have up front, out wide and in the backfield. It's the expectation from ourselves to be able to go out there and score every time and figure out ways to help the defense. That's our part to help this team, help special teams and all of that is scoring points as many as we can on as many drives that we have. So that's our challenge. That's what I mean by that. To be able to do that, we can't have penalties. We can't have all the mishaps and things like that, so that's what I meant by that."

It's easy to see why the Bears have that expectation after they amassed 552 yards in a 59-37 road win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

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Williams completed 21-of-29 passes for 269 yards (9.3 yards per attempt) and two touchdowns. The dominant rushing attack featured running backs D'Andre Swift (124 yards, three TD) and Kyle Monangai (100 yards, one score). Williams added 65 rushing yards and a pair of scores.

Chicago had 14 possessions. Nine of them ended with points (eight touchdowns, one field goal).

It's a great start for the Bears and head coach Ben Johnson, who made it clear during an interview with Dan Pompei of The Athletic last August that he has lofty goals for his team.

"You've got 31 other teams coming to training camp saying, 'Our goal is to win the Super Bowl.' I want more than that," Johnson told Pompei.

"I want to have the highest-scoring offense ever, which happens to be the 2013 Denver Broncos. I know how many points per game they scored [37.9], and I want to surpass them. I want shutouts. I want blowouts."

The Bears have a tough test up ahead against the Minnesota Vikings and one of the NFL's best defensive coordinators in Brian Flores.

This could be a great chess match on paper with Flores' defense vs. Johnson's offense, and we'll see how it goes down Sunday at 1 p.m. ET in Chicago.