It’s a foregone conclusion at this point that former USC quarterback Caleb Williams will go first overall to the Chicago Bears in Thursday’s first round of the 2024 NFL Draft.
The Bears trading former first-round quarterback Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers last month essentially sealed the deal for the pick, which will set up Chicago for a new era at the game’s most important position.
While appearing on the sports talk show The Pivot, Williams talked about where he was and how he reacted to the news that Fields was headed elsewhere.
He doesn’t come out explicitly and say that he knew then and there that the Bears were going to take him, but you can tell he understood the gravity of the moment for his future NFL career.
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Let’s be honest. As effectively vague as his answer was, Williams sounds like someone who had a pretty good idea of what Fields being traded was going to mean later in the spring.
Bears fans will have a new quarterback in a month’s time, and Williams will be the next promising prospect that tries to finally solve Chicago’s long-standing issue behind center.
