NFL writer suggests young Bears QB could face adversity due to $2.5 million addition

The Chicago Bears are heading into the 2025 season, ensuring young quarterback Caleb Williams is ready to go in his second year.

Chicago hired offensive-minded head coach Ben Johnson to give Williams the best opportunity to succeed.

An underrated move the Bears made this offseason was signing 11-year veteran quarterback Case Keenum to a one-year, $2.5 million deal to help Williams learn the league.

With the addition of Keenum, backup quarterback Tyson Bagent could face serious trouble making the roster. Devon Platana from Da Windy City thinks Bagent will have an uphill battle making the team.

"Second-year stud Caleb Williams is, without any doubts, the future of the Bears' quarterback position. The order of Chicago's QB depth chart beyond Williams could unfold in a few different ways, though, potentially spelling bad news for Tyson Bagent," Platana wrote. "Bagent, 24, is a former Shepherd University product who joined the Bears after going undrafted in 2023. The Martinsburg, WV native racked up over 17,000 passing yards and 159 touchdown passes in his five seasons with the Rams, leading to Chicago bringing him in to see if his presence could light a fire beneath the now-departed Justin Fields. Of course, there was also the manufactured "QB controversy" last season. Reports emerged of Bears veterans apparently wanting Bagent to start over Caleb Williams. And then reports later surfaced that the source of those alleged "leaks" was Bagent's own father. Even though he showed some promise at times, Bagent clearly isn't suited to be a QB2 just yet. His path to being Williams' backup became even murkier early in April when the Bears signed veteran gunslinger Case Keenum to a one-year contract."

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Bagent has appeared in nine games over the last two seasons, throwing for 870 yards and three touchdowns to six interceptions.

If the Bears move on from Bagent this summer, he could be a candidate for the practice squad.

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