Throughout the seven weeks of the Bears offseason program, quarterback Caleb Williams has received mentorship from every corner of Halas Hall, ranging from head coach Ben Johnson to quarterbacks coach J.T. Barrett to 13-year veteran Case Keenum.

Having observed Williams in meetings and on the practice field, Johnson noted the second-year QB's consistent nature throughout the process of learning a new offense. With the help of Barrett and offensive coordinator Declan Doyle, Johnson has been able to challenge Williams with the install, but do so at the correct pace.

"He's been very attentive," Johnson said. "He's been very detailed in terms of the meetings. He's taking great notes. He's asking excellent questions. The more we're out on the grass together, we're figuring out what we can put in in the morning and what we can execute later on in the afternoon. And so that's been the part of it so far, because for everybody there's a saturation level that we've got to find what that point is so that as coaches, we don't ask too much out of any player over the course of the season. We've got to be able to download a game plan and execute it. So, it's been a healthy process right now."

Williams is also absorbing new philosophies from his head coach such as honing in on pre-snap procedure, being on top of the details in the huddle and changes to his stance — all of which he jokingly referred to as "the Ben Johnson effect" when speaking to the media Wednesday.

While the duo is continuously strengthening their relationship and learning each other, one thing is already crystal clear to Williams — Johnson is a strong-willed leader.

"He's always laser-focused," Williams said. "He encourages and he pushes you and challenges you to be at your best, as a team, offense, defense, special teams. Doesn't matter position. And he's a guy that wants to win. So being here, being the head guy, and to be honest, he's consistent with it every day … So far it's been awesome and I think everybody's been enjoying it."

Along with Johnson, Doyle and Barrett, Williams is also being guided by Keenum — a well-respected veteran in the league who joined the Bears in April to mark his eighth NFL stop.

Johnson is already seeing the addition of Keenum pay off. In meeting rooms, Johnson noted that the veteran finds ways to ask questions that the staff hadn't previously provided answers for. With time constraints on how much coaches can spend with players during the offseason program, Keenum has also been able to bridge that gap with Williams.

"Case has been phenomenal," Johnson said. "I haven't been with him in the past, but he came highly recommended from a number of people that I trust. He's got skins on the wall. He's been to playoff games. He's won playoff games. He's done it [at] a high level. He's been the No. 2 quarterback at a number of different places as well. So his experience level is off the charts. He's seen a little bit of everything that this league has to offer."

When Keenum traveled to Chicago to meet with Johnson for the first time, they were scheduled to talk for 15 minutes. Their meeting lasted hours, taking the time to discuss their football philosophies, things they disagreed on and families, to which Keenum noted: "I really like him as a coach, but even more as a person."

While Keenum considered taking his career to Chicago, he checked out Williams' tape from 2024 to get a grasp on who he'd be working with.

"What jumped out immediately was just effortless arm talent," Keenum said. "I don't know if I've seen a guy do that as a young guy. Just being able to take sometimes what defenses give you and not make this crazy, big off-schedule play, letting those plays kind of come to you. I think he found some spots to [do] that last year."

Now having spent nearly two months working alongside Williams, Keenum is just as impressed with his demeanor as he is with his arm talent.

"He's just a sponge," Keenum said. "For being an all-world talent, a guy who has obviously since high school been the best player on any field anywhere he has ever stepped onto, be humble enough to ask me questions and watch and learn, has been really refreshing to see. A guy that young and that talented but still take to me and what I have to say, it's been really fun."

Part of what Keenum emphasizes when it comes to being prepared as an NFL quarterback is spending extra time studying and practicing on your own. Keenum has seen Williams start settling into the new offense and getting on the same page as Johnson, Doyle and Barrett, in part due to his commitment to that preparation.

"He's beating me into the building," Keenum said. "That's the type of guy he is. He wants it that bad. It's getting little extra walk-throughs with the guys, meeting with the guys. I think I'm missing a little extra film study right now that is just the guys grabbing each other and [saying] 'Hey let's go watch a few plays from 7-on-7 today and talk about this different choice route or how we run this type of route with this type of leverage with this type of coverage.'"

As the Bears head into mandatory minicamp next week, the last set of practices for the veterans before training camp, Williams, Johnson, Keenum and the rest of the quarterback room will continue to work through teaching and learning the new offense.

For Williams, that means taking advantage of Johnson's "extremely detailed" approach of breaking down plays and talking through their likes and dislikes of each, so when the season begins, those reps will translate on game day.

"I think that's been one of the things that's been really awesome, is the detail and him being on top of that," Williams said. "He's been in it for six years. He's been in this offense for six years. He's really been on top of it and we're really only trying to catch up. I'm only trying to catch up to him and be on top of the details as much as possible."