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Why Caleb Williams-Bears are an ideal match, despite questions originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
Everyone knew it was coming. Even before the Bears landed the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft via the Carolina Panthers, the sense of dread that quarterback Caleb Williams, the prize of the 2024 class, would try to strong-arm his way out of being drafted to Chicago.
After all, who would want to start their career in the place where quarterbacks go to die?
Sure enough, the grim reaper arrived Thursday in the form of FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd speculating on his show that Williams and his camp won’t want to go to Chicago and will try to get the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner to Washington. Williams is a D.C. native.
As of Thursday, there had been no word from Williams or his camp that he doesn’t want to be a Bear should general manager Ryan Poles decide to trade Justin Fields and draft the USC star.
On Thursday, Williams changed his Instagram picture to a photo of himself as a child wearing a shirt with a bear on it. Coincidence? Who the hell knows?
In 2020, famed radio host Dan Patrick said he heard Joe Burrow didn’t want to play for the Cincinnati Bengals. Two months later, the Bengals picked Burrow with the No. 1 pick, and their franchise was forever altered.
This happens almost every year around this time. The NFL calendar slows, the news slows to a drip, and suddenly, one of the top picks in the draft either doesn’t want to go somewhere or has an issue we haven’t talked about.
Here’s what we need to discuss from Williams’ perspective. Again, he has not indicated he doesn’t want to play in Chicago. NFL insider Ian Rapoport’s tweet announcing Williams’ decision to declare included the note that the quarterback will be happy wherever he lands. People like Rapoport don’t include things in tweets on a whim. Bookmark that.
Back to Williams.
Yes, the Bears have a long, tortured history of being unable to develop quarterbacks. There’s no question about it.
But No. 1…
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Publish date : 2024-02-02 18:12:40
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