Caleb Williams shares the frustration Chicago Bears fans have had with the 2024 season, but he also believes there have been some positives to takeaway from his first 14 games in the NFL.

Speaking to reporters after Monday's 30-12 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, Williams expressed his feelings about the "frustrating" and "encouraging" season for the Bears so far:

"It's been frustrating and encouraging. I would say the frustrating part is obviously we're on a -- how many games now, eight?—yeah, eight-game losing streak. Like I've said before, it's new to me. I haven't experienced anything like this. That's the frustrating part. The encouraging part is how much we fight as a team.

"The encouraging part is us as a team ... being able to go through all of what's happened this year. Me not playing well at the beginning of the season and feeling like I was seeing it well and then being able to find ways to keep growing, keep progressing through those times that I was frustrated. Coaches getting fired and all of this stuff going on, 4-10 right now. Being able to wake up, be consistent, do that every day with how it's been going is encouraging for me. It's encouraging for this team and we've got to keep going. It's been encouraging but also frustrating for myself."

There's been plen that has happened with the Bears just in the past few weeks to make it feel like this season has lasted multiple years.

Amid criticism of the offensive play-calling, then-head coach Matt Eberflus fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron on Nov. 10. The move came just 10 months after Waldron was hired for the job.

The Bears lost their next three games after Waldron's firing, with two losses directly related to poor time management by Eberflus. They settled for a 46-yard field-goal attempt that was blocked as time expired in a 20-19 loss to the Green Bay Packers rather than try to push the ball forward after getting to Green Bay's 30-yard line with 35 seconds remaining.

On Thanksgiving Day against the Detroit Lions, the Bears only ran one play in the final 30 seconds despite having one timeout to use. They never even got to try a field goal that would have tied the score, instead taking a 23-20 loss.

The Athletic's Adam Jahns and Dianna Russini reported Bears players were "furious" and "pissed" about the late-game management in the loss to Detroit. Eberflus was fired on Nov. 29.

All of this came in a season that began with so much optimism, largely driven by Williams being the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL draft and the fact that he was surrounded by a stellar supporting cast featuring Keenan Allen, Rome Odunze and DJ Moore.

Yet just eight months later, the Bears will be conducting a search for a new head coach, trying to find a quick fix for an offensive line that can't block anyone and are still trying to end their losing streak that now stands at eight games.

If the Bears don't win another game this season, they will set a franchise record for the longest single-season losing streak in franchise history. Their longest losing streak overall is 14 games split between the final 10 games of the 2022 season and first four games of the 2023 season.

Williams has shown flashes of the promise that made him the top pick in the 2024 draft. He has thrown for 2,937 yards, 17 touchdowns and five interceptions, while running for 408 yards on 67 attempts.