As expected, the Chicago Bears selected USC superstar quarterback Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, giving the team its first franchise quarterback.
Although Williams has a lot to prove moving forward, as he will have some incredibly high expectations to reach during his career in the league, the former Trojans superstar seems up for the task and brimming with confidence.
However, players of his caliber can tend to try to do too much on the football field in order to reach those high expectations, which has some concerned that he might overdo it in his rookie campaign in the Windy City.
On a recent appearance on “The Jim Rome Show,” Williams’ new teammate and star safety Kevin Byard urged the No. 1 overall pick not to resort to hero ball in his first year in the league.
“Like, don’t, don’t try to, don’t try to come in and feel like you got to come and play hero ball,” Byard said.
"It's not, he's coming in with all this, you know, fake Hollywood stuff. Which I thought was BS anyway... it's been a good experience so far."
-@KevinByard says Caleb Williams is off to a great start in the Bears locker room pic.twitter.com/ssPajFa4YF— Jim Rome (@jimrome) May 17, 2024
It remains to be seen whether Williams will be the real deal on the NFL level, as he has obviously yet to play a down on the professional level, but all signs point to the brash quarterback being exactly what is needed in Chicago in order for the team to become a force to be reckoned with in the NFC.
Only time will tell if Williams can live up to the hype, but until then, there’s a lot of excitement in Chicago about a potential superstar quarterback entering the NFL.
