Here’s what the Bears learned about Caleb Williams from teammates, Kilff Kingsbury and themselves: report originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
There’s no question the Bears are working around the clock at Halas Hall to try and figure out what to do with the No. 1 pick and Justin Fields.
Caleb Williams is the name widely attached to the Bears in that regard. It appears just about everybody under the sun believes the Bears will trade Fields and draft Williams.
But to come to that conclusion, the Bears had to learn a lot about Williams. He’s widely considered a generational talent at quarterback. But character goes a long way in the Bears’ front office, too.
Here’s what the Bears learned about Williams from teammates, Kilff Kingsbury and themselves, according to a recent story from NFL insider Albert Breer.
“In dispatching his scouts to all-star games, Poles directed evaluators to ask about the 2022 Heisman winner when they interviewed Oklahoma Sooners or USC players, or others who crossed paths with Williams,” Breer wrote. “The returns there were good. Sometimes, you can get awkward pauses, if players are lukewarm on teammates they’re asked about. It was the opposite in this case. The mention of Williams’s name brought about a lot of smiles.”
Questions of Williams’ character and leadership arose as scouts and pundits placed him on a pedestal.
But the Bears did their research. According to Breer, a group featuring Matt Eberflus, Ryan Poles, Shane Waldron, Thomas Brown and Kevin Warren met with Williams at 10:40 p.m. on Wednesday at the NFL combine.
They got the chance to speak with Williams for themselves. They asked him questions about his abilities while testing him by regurgitating plays from earlier in their interview. They pulled out the stops on their potential next quarterback.
And they came away with positive results.
“What they saw from Williams in that setting was an easy confidence, and a player who was not concerned much with what other people thought of…
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Publish date : 2024-03-05 00:50:38
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