The Bears appear to be poised to make USC quarterback Caleb Williams the primary general choose within the draft, particularly with quarterback Justin Fields being traded to the Steelers for mainly nothing. Throughout Williams’s Wednesday Professional Day exercise, Steve Wyche of NFL Community requested whether or not it’s the participant’s “full expectation” that he’ll be the primary general choose, to Chicago.
“That’s an excellent query,” Williams mentioned. “I wouldn’t say my full expectation. Clearly, issues can occur, issues can change all through this time. I believe it’s round 33 days or so . . . till April 25 and so rather a lot can change. You’re taking it day-to-day. And deal with and management what you’ll be able to management.”
Some would say that Williams was merely attempting to not be presumptuous about his standing. Some would say he doesn’t need to let the cat out of the bag, prolonging any potential uncertainty within the hopes of maximizing viewership for the primary spherical of the 2024 draft.
Others would say that maybe the door is open for Williams to make a low-key energy play, aimed toward getting the Bears to take another person with the primary choose, or to commerce the choose.
One key piece of proof might be Williams’s itinerary for personal visits and/or his roster of personal exercises.
“We’re nonetheless figuring the visits out,” Williams mentioned. “We’ll have all of that solved fairly quickly.”
Williams additionally may need offered an inadvertent piece of proof relating to the precise state of affairs when discussing the presence of Bears receiver Keenan Allen on the Professional Day exercise.
“Now he’s on the Bears for — like I mentioned, he’s right here for a fourth-round choose, which is loopy,” Williams mentioned.
He’s “right here” for a fourth-round choose? That sounds rather a lot like Williams relating to himself as a part of the “right here,” which clearly is and might be Chicago.
We’ll discover out on April 25. Possibly earlier than. Particularly if he solely visits Chicago.
window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({
appId : '402627290431349',
xfbml : true, version : 'v2.9' }); };
(function(d, s, id){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));