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In his archetypal gathering with reporters this year, Caleb Williams instantly addressed "what everybody would emotion to inquire about."
Earlier this month, it was revealed Williams had preferred going to Minnesota and adjacent tried to debar getting drafted by the Chicago Bears, who yet selected him No. 1 overall.
Williams admitted the communicative had go a "distraction" and felt it was important to speech astir the circumstances.
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Chicago Bears backmost Caleb Williams passes the shot against the Seattle Seahawks during the 2nd 4th astatine Soldier Field. (Daniel Bartel/Imagn Images)
The second-year backmost didn't precisely contradict what was said successful the book, "but thing that keeps getting mislaid and not being addressed is the information that" helium "wanted to come" to Chicago aft visiting with them, which helium did aft his gathering with the Vikings.
Williams said his "thoughts" astir the Bears were "fair," considering "there hasn't been a 4,000-yard passer." Williams' 4,030 full yards were the astir by a Bears backmost ever.
"But I came present connected a visit, and it's a situation to beryllium capable to effort to crook around. And that was the main extremity of each of that. Through each of what happened past twelvemonth and successful erstwhile years, I deliberation that was enticing," Williams added.
"That was thing that was glaring to me. I wanted to travel present and beryllium the feline and beryllium a portion and beryllium a crushed wherefore the Chicago Bears crook this happening around. That past happening that was said successful each of that, I think, is the astir important happening is that I wanted to beryllium here. I emotion being here."
Chicago Bears backmost Caleb Williams sits connected the seat successful the closing minutes of a game. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Williams adjacent name-dropped Matt Eberflus and Shane Waldron, the since-fired caput manager and violative coordinator, arsenic those helium was thankful for.
Former Detroit Lions violative coordinator Ben Johnson became the Bears' caller caput manager this offseason. It was a determination Williams was "extremely excited" about, to the constituent helium adjacent thanked Bears brass successful a telephone call.
"Then erstwhile I got disconnected the phone, I was driving connected the highway, and I don't cognize if it was harmless oregon not, but I gave a large outcry and shriek of conscionable excitement," Williams said astatine the clip of the hiring.
"It brings a clump of clarity to the offseason. It brings a clump of antithetic things to the offseason. I'm truly excited astir the Bears and being capable to marque this happen. And support Ben Johnson arsenic our manager for a agelong time."
Chicago Bears backmost Caleb Williams calls a play astatine the enactment of scrimmage during the archetypal fractional of a crippled against the Tennessee Titans Sept. 8, 2024, successful Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Williams got immoderate further assistance successful the NFL Draft erstwhile Chicago drafted Michigan choky extremity Colston Loveland with the 10th wide pick.
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