Why Caleb Williams not throwing at combine won’t impact Bears’ QB evaluation originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
Caleb Williams won’t throw or workout this week at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine, but that’s unlikely to move the needle one way or the other for general manager Ryan Poles and the Bears.
Williams, the 2022 Heisman Trophy Winner and presumptive No. 1 overall pick, is still expected to go through interviews with teams this week in Indianapolis and speak with the media on Friday. That’s the most important step as the Bears try to plot their course forward at quarterback this offseason.
“I’ve got a lot of confidence in our ability to see talent on the field,” Poles told the media at his end-of-season press conference in January when asked about the most important part of the QB evaluation process. “The human being we’ve got to figure out. Especially being a quarterback in this city, you’ve got to have it right. You’ve got to have toughness, you’ve got to have mental toughness, you’ve got to be able to block things out. So really I’ve got to find out about the human beings.”
Williams is just the latest in a line of top prospects to forgo throwing at the combine in favor of the scripted, controlled environment of their pro day. Andrew Luck, Matthew Stafford, Robert Griffin III, Bryce Young, Sam Darnold, Joe Burrow, and Kyler Murray all did not participate in drills at the combine.
LSU’s Jayden Daniels also will not throw or participate in workouts this week at the combine.
Those already critical of Williams and the “generational” tag some evaluators have pinned on him will try to use this as a negative. That Williams is skirting an opportunity to prove he’s as head and shoulders above the rest of a good quarterback class as many believe. Playing the ultimate cutthroat position, shouldn’t he want to put on a show that blows Drake Maye and J.J. McCarthy away?
In reality, Williams doesn’t need to throw for teams at the combine or at…
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Publish date : 2024-02-26 18:29:31
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