Caleb Williams has always been about setting lofty goals and then driving to pursue them. Now he’s asking the Chicago Bears to come along on that ride with zero fear of the pressure.
Bears quarterback Caleb Williams speaks at an introductory news conference on Friday, April 26, 2024, Halas Hall in Lake Forest. The Bears picked the USC quarterback with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft a night earlier. arrived at Halas Hall on Friday, his first full day as the new Chicago Bears quarterback, with the same level of excitement and self-assuredness he has been channeling through most of his football life. Williams is nothing if not confident. His ambition is spoken by design.
Yes, at 22 years old, Williams just touched down in a success-starved and scarred city to play for an organization that has been defined by its failure at football’s most important position.position. So to some outsiders, Williams’ dreams might seem naive or outlandish, like every grand goal he speaks out loud will set him up for the hardest of crashes and an eventual headstone in the already overcrowded graveyard of Bears quarterbacks.
“We’re here,” Williams said. “I’m excited. I know everybody is excited. The Bears fans are excited from what I’ve heard and seen. And there’s no reason to duck. Attack it headfirst and go get it.”Williams, though, was asked whether his dream-big mentality at least came with a realistic acknowledgment that his rookie season is likely to have significant growing pains.
To which Odunze replied: “I’m actually the pilot this morning. Don’t worry I’ll get Caleb to Detroit SAFELY!That hashtag was an amusing allusion to a question Odunze had been asked during his news conference at the scouting combine in March. Odunze, during an appearance on the “Parkins & Spiegel Show” on WSCR-670 AM on Friday, was told of Johnny Morris’ franchise record for career receiving yards, which has stood strong for 56 years. The total: 5,059.“I hope I go break that record and add a few thousand to it.”
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