CHICAGO, IL — With recent media reports of current Chicago Bears—or is it Minnesota Vikings—quarterback, Caleb Williams wanting to be selected by the Vikings, the Bears need to explore the possibility of trading their former first round QB.
Williams, the former top overall pick out of USC in the 2024 NFL Draft and 2023 Heisman Trophy winner, threw for 3,541 yards, 20 touchdowns and six interceptions and a 87.8 QB rating.
Despite a respectable rookie campaign, Williams was amongst the third-most quarterback in NFL history in the league with 68. While some could attribute this due to the Bears porous offensive line, Williams showed a tendency to hold the ball too long, which added to that horrible stat.
Despite having a tailor-made offense built and surrounded by WR’s Keenan Allen and DJ Moore, plus a quality running back in DeAndre Swift, Williams failed to produce, which ultimately led to the firing of head coach Marc Eberflus.
Honestly, at this point, trying to defend Williams was becoming an exercise in futility. Williams was given possibly the best surrounding cast ever for a rookie quarterback, and Williams failed to live up to expectations.
Yes, he was a rookie in arguably the toughest sports city in the league that chews up their quarterbacks like a wood chipper.
It’s one thing to have a team that you prefer playing for or hoping to play for, but when a player purposefully tries to circumvent the NFL Draft to want to play for a specific team, let alone a bitter and hated division rival in the Vikings, and one can bet that whatever trust and credibility Williams had in the Bears locker room is all but gone.
And this report coming out after the Bears basically acquiesced to his demands for a younger more offensive-minded head coach in Ben Johnson, rebuilding the offense line in trading for and signing Joe Thuney, Jonah Jackson and Drew Dalman.
Chicago also added more weapons for Williams in drafting tight end Colston Loveland out of Michigan and Mizzou wide receiver Luther Burden III.
Bottom line is this: the time for excuses is over for Williams, and he honestly needs to man up, deal with it and go out and produce. If not, then don’t be shocked if the Bears decide to look at trading or brining in a veteran to either push Williams or give QB2 Tyson Bagent a shot.
Heaven forbid if Bagent comes in and lights a spark in Chicago. And if that happens, then the Bears may consider the unbelievable and trade him right out of the Windy City.
No guarantee if he ever lands in the Twin Cities though.