Caleb Williams’ transformational aura already being felt as Bears new era begins

Caleb Williams’ transformational aura already being felt as Bears new era begins originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Cole Kmet had heard the narratives surrounding Caleb Williams before the Bears selected the quarterback with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

The narratives that suggested Williams was selfish and a prima donna arose from the vacuum created by Williams’ lack of public interviews before the pre-draft process.

Those narratives have subsequently been dispelled by every public appearance the Bears’ rookie quarterback makes, be it chanting “Green Bay Sucks” at Old Crow in Wrigleyville or showing up to DJ Moore’s camp in the suburbs.

“I try not to have that with anybody because I think it’s so important that you meet somebody personally before you make a decision on them,” Kmet said Tuesday at Bears mandatory minicamp about getting to know the real Williams. “Obviously,, you hear a ton of things, and you don’t know what’s true and what’s not. You hear the Hollywood diva-ness, which is kinda funny because he’s only spent a year or two in LA. He’s not even from LA, so that’s kinda funny. Definitely, after when I first met him and going on forward, you definitely get a different perspective, and you really wonder where those things kinda come from.

“Just getting to know him as a person. You don’t really know somebody until you meet them. Yeah, getting to know him over the past couple months now has been pretty fun, and you realize how competitive he is.”

That competitive nature came out during a recent trip to Top Golf when Williams asked the employees to stay open a bit later so he could finish a game against a team led by Kmet. It was a game in which Kmet’s team came out on top.

But it’s Williams’ competitiveness that is at the top of the list of reasons the Bears believe they won’t have to balance the patience needed with a rookie quarterback against the desire to compete now for very long.

“It’s a good…

Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/caleb-williams-transformational-aura-already-230043447.html

Author : NBC Sports Chicago

Publish date : 2024-06-04 23:00:43

Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.