It’s time for part five of our building block or not series as we continue to look at the [Chicago Bears](https://www.windycitygridiron.com/) roster and which players that Ben Johnson and Ryan Poles will be planning on being a key part of the team moving forward.
As we continue to say, we are defining a building block by looking at the following factors: age, contract, ability, position, and projection.
Let’s look at the quarterbacks (this one could probably just be a leaflet).
### **Austin Reed**
We all like the Austin Reed story. He made the team as a UDFA, he works out with Caleb Williams, they’re friends, and here he is. Reed made some nice throws during the preseason last year and certainly showed he can stick around on an NFL roster.
Perhaps one day in the distant future, Reed will have some path to NFL stardom like Kurt Warner or Tony Romo (the odds are about 1%, but they’re still there), but if he ever does, it won’t be in a Chicago Bears uniform.
_**Not.**_
### **Tyson Bagent**
Three touchdowns. Six Interceptions. I want to make sure I start the Bagent conversation with his career stats through two seasons because I don’t want to be beheaded if I say anything negative about the man.
First of all, let me say, that if you grab a UDFA quarterback and he becomes your QB2, that’s a great job by the GM and the scouting department. But there is no reason to ever consider Bagent to be anything other than this. We’ve had this debate over and over again.
Bagent will be the QB2 this year and perhaps he leaves after this season to try and get an opportunity to seek more playing time, but again, that playing time won’t be in Chicago.
_**Not.**_
### **Caleb Williams**
Now, this may shock you, but we believe Caleb Williams is a building block for this team in the present and the future. In Caleb Williams' rookie season, he faced subpar protection from his offensive line, poor decision-making by his coaches, and let’s sound like LeBron here, not one, not two, but three offensive coordinators, in one season!
Not every issue was on Williams’ environment, some of them were on Williams himself, but despite learning on the job and going through multiple head coaches and coordinators in one season, Williams still threw for over 3500 yards with 20 TDs and only 6 interceptions.
Williams advanced stats are far less pretty than his volume stats, so it’ll be up to his growth with Ben Johnson to improve on those, but between some of Willams’ spectacular games and some of the incredible plays he made in between, there’s no reason to think Williams will not be this team’s quarterback for years to come.
_**Block.**_
What’s there to say? Caleb is a building block. He’s _thee_ building block. Without Caleb, there would be no Ben Johnson. No big deal, the entire future of the charter franchise of the NFL is pinned on his shoulders. Go get’em, kid.