Williams, meanwhile, is just getting started. The Bears have won four of seven, and he had two very good games before struggling for most of what ended up to be a heartbreaking loss to the Commanders on Sunday after a Hail Mary touchdown.
He has been sacked 22 times already this season, although he has thrown just one interception the past four games.
“I don’t think the thought of, ‘it’s time to be Superman’ pops in my head,” Williams told Chicago reporters. “There are times where you go out there, you make plays and everyone calls it a Superman play.
“I understand that is a learning process, I understand that I don’t know everything, I’m still learning. (I have) both ears open to any coaching, whether it’s my teammates or it’s the coaches. Things they have seen, things they have been a part of. Hopefully sooner rather than later.”
That is the journey Murray has been on, one in which the Cardinals hope nears a plateau of greatness. The game the offense had in Miami, with Murray throwing for more than 300 yards and Trey McBride and Marvin Harrison Jr. each having huge receiving games, will be deadly with consistency.
Murray even wore a slight smile after Sunday’s game when talking about the passing game, acknowledging how good the Cardinals are running with James Conner but hoping there would be more explosive fireworks through the air.
“He loves the ball in his hands, as do all great players,” offensive coordinator Drew Petzing said.
The scrutiny will never go away, not for a quarterback who was once the No. 1 pick. But Murray can live with it – he’s scrutinizing his own game all the time.
“You feel good about the things that happened (in Miami),” Murray said, “but I love to look at the things we can get better at.”
