NFL Insider: Chicago Bears Will Trade Justin Fields to Select Caleb Williams with First Overall Pick, According to Breaking News
In the 2024 NFL draft, the Chicago Bears are reportedly planning to choose quarterback prospect Caleb Williams with the first overall choice, according per NFL Insider Adam Schefter’s report on The Pat McAfee Show.
Although Schefter notes that it is generally accepted throughout the league that the Bears will trade for Justin Fields, he does not state that this is a given. Schefter continued, saying he doesn’t think the Bears will pass on Williams because they don’t think they like former quarterbacks Drake Maye of the North Carolina Tar Heels or Jayden Daniels of the LSU Tigers enough.
Schefter made a crucial observation: Caleb Williams does not now have an agent. In order for Williams to request to travel to Washington in a certain manner, an agent would be necessary.
This was the first time Williams took significant snaps in collegiate football; he had only seen the field during garbage time before that. Before joining head coach Lincoln Riley’s USC Trojans, Williams played signal caller for the Sooners until the end of the season.
Williams went on to burn up the field in 2022 at USC, throwing for 4,537 yards. He solidified his status as one of the best emerging quarterback prospects with 42 touchdowns to just 5 interceptions. Williams, a sophomore in 2022, took home the Heisman Trophy.
Williams kept up his stellar play in 2023, but a subpar team effort kept him from taking home the Heisman Trophy once more. In any case, he completed with 3,633 passing yards, 30 touchdowns, and only five interceptions. Williams finished with a career-high completion percentage of 68.6 despite throwing the ball 112 fewer times.
While Williams should be compared to great Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, former USC running back and fellow Heisman winner Reggie Bush went one step farther in a GQ story.
“I believe that Caleb and Patrick are distinct in that Caleb is an explosive athlete. He can run the football explosively. Mahomes is not a particularly quick football runner. Mahomes is imaginative,
