Caleb Williams-Bears unstoppable union comes into focus in several ways at NFL meetings originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
ORLANDO — Bears general manager Ryan Poles, head coach Matt Eberflus, president Kevin Warren, and chairman George McCaskey did their best to stay on message at this week’s annual NFL league meetings when asked about their plans for the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.
But even as the Bears’ power brokers tried to lean on “due diligence” and the need to continue to gather information, they couldn’t keep their poker faces from cracking when discussing presumptive No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams.
“We’re going to continue the process,” general manager Ryan Poles said Monday in Orland. “Like I said, we’re gonna go to LSU right from here. We’ll continue to evaluate everybody. As I said before, we gain clarity as we move forward, which is a good thing, but we also want to make sure that we continue and finish the process with the rest of the class, too.”
It’s Williams and the rest of the class.
Poles, Eberflus, and the rest of the offensive brain trust spent two days with Williams in Los Angeles before USC’s Pro Day. They parachuted in to get eyes on Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy. They’ll head to LSU’s Pro Day to see Jayden Daniels. They’ll send a group to North Carolina to watch Drake Maye, but it won’t include Poles.
Those cursory visits are just box-checking exercises as far as the quarterback prospects.
Poles and his staff will watch Daniels closely at LSU. But they’ll also get eyes on wide receivers Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas Jr. Michigan has a handful of pros outside of McCarthy worth studying. North Carolina has Maye and wide receiver Devontez Walker. If the Bears aren’t interested in Maye, and by all accounts they haven’t been throughout the process, a big contingent is unnecessary.
“When you talk to his teammates, they don’t like him, they love him,” Poles said about what he’s learned about Williams during the process. “His leadership, how…
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Publish date : 2024-03-27 15:56:34
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