Caleb Williams is committed to learning something from all aspects of his first NFL experience. That includes the good times and the bad, where adversity forces him to adjust and, at times, learn on the fly.

The Bears quarterback fared well against Brian Flores’ Minnesota Vikings defense in the first meeting, but Monday night’s 30-12 loss on the second go-around was more of a struggle. Williams was committed to learning from all of it, despite the fact he took several big hits and attempted some plays that didn’t work out so well.

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There’s some good and some bad in this game tape, but Williams will try and absorb as much from the experience that can help him be better next time.

Let’s break it all down, with the help of some traditional stats and more advanced metrics, with commentary from Williams, interim head coach Thomas Brown and Marquee Sports Network analyst Anthony Herron.

Week 15 stat lines

Box score

18-for-31 passing (58.1 comp%), 191 yds, 6.2 ypa, 1 TD, 0 INT, 86.9 passer rating; 4 rushes, 3 yards, 2 sacks, 1 fumble

PFF Metrics (per PFF.com)

PFF Passing pressure

Kept clean (60.0%): 12-for-21, 99 yds, 4.7 ypa, 0 TD, 0 INT

Under pressure (40.0%): 6-for-10, 92 yds, 9.2 ypa, 1 TD, 0 INT

Not Blitzed (40.0%): 7-for-13, 87 yds, 6.7 ypa, 0 TD, 0 INT

When Blitzed (60.0%): 11-for-11, 104 yds, 5.8 ypa, 1 TD, 0 INT

PFF Passing direction map

Overall evaluation

Anthony Herron’s take

“With the way the pass protection held up, I have been impressed overall with the way the game plan has accentuated getting the ball out of Williams’ hands quickly in both games against the Minnesota Vikings. As Caleb has had to match wits and performance against one of the top defensive minds in football in Brian Flores from the Vikings, he has really shown himself.

But the consistency hasn’t shown up well enough in either one of these games. Last game against the Vikings, there was a furious fourth-quarter comeback to get the Bears back into it. Today, you saw in the second half, some growth that was there for the Bears offense. The run game was schemed up pretty well, but the passing attack wasn’t able to get enough done to keep the Bears in this one.”

Caleb, Thomas Brown on Williams’ Week 15 performance

“They did well on defense today. Didn’t bring as many cover zeros as I thought they would bring. They played a little bit more coverage and zone. They dropped out and did a couple interesting things on defense. You know, it’s something that I’ll go back and look at, and once I see it — and I kind of figured it out a little bit at the end of the game — but once I go back, watch it and see it, figure all that out, when it happens again and when I see that look again or teams are probably going to do it because they ended up stopping us a few times on some of their exotic looks they brought and had in coverage. So just being able to find ways to get better myself and as a team.” – Williams

“I think mentally he is in a good spot. Of course he’s frustrated like we all are, from the standpoint of not getting a result, but confidence isn’t shaken. Kind of looked at some of those last night. Did have some pressures, only had two sacks. Continue to find ways to find answers to get the ball out of his hands faster, and also to ensure protection.” — Brown

Rookie rankings

Williams is among four rookie quarterbacks making regular starts for their respective teams at this time. Here are their overall stats through 13 weeks:

Jayden Daniels (Washington): 277-of-393 passing (70.5 comp%), 3,045 yds, 17 TD, 6 INT, 7.7 ypa, 101.2 passer rating; 119 rushes, 656 yds, 6 TD; 37 sacks, 5 fumbles

Bo Nix (Denver): 297-of-467 passing (63.6 comp%), 2,972 yds, 20 TD, 11 INT, 6.4 ypa, 86.1 passer rating; 75 rushes, 327 yds, 4 TD; 20 sacks, 1 fumble

Caleb Williams (Bears): 288-for-465 passing (61.9 comp%), 2,937 yds, 17 TD, 5 INT, 6.3 ypa, 87.7 passer rating; 67 rushes for 408 yds; 58 sacks, 6 fumbles

Drake Maye (Patriots)*: 191-of-279 passing (68.5 comp%), 1,898 yds, 12 TD, 9 INT, 6.8 ypa, 88.4 passer rating; 42 rushes, 359 yds, 2 TD; 27 sacks, 6 fumbles

* Maye assumed the starter’s role in Week 6

Williams, Brown on what comes next

“It’s a quick turnaround, these next two I believe. Being able to get in there, watch the film, go over that quickly, figure out ways that I can be better, the team can be better, coaches, everybody. And then from there, obviously we got to get going on this game plan for Detroit, I believe, in a few days. So, being able to correct and then move on very fast is something that we have to do right here, right now, and so I think that’s the next step.” –– Williams

“I think continue to do a really good job of just the communication in and out of the huddle so we have as much time as possible in the play clock to make adjustments. That obviously starts first with me to getting the play call in fast. I think also always understanding how to go through every single call the day before, the nights before, leading up to a game so you have some answers if a defense gives you some different wrinkles. When it comes to playing man coverage, when it comes to having some pressures, when it comes to some of the empty stuff and they try to overload us and make us hot. I think he’s continued, progressing well. Again, he is a super confident dude, which I love about him. We’ll continue to keep battling.” — Brown