Caleb wanted to be a Minnesota Viking....

[StickierBuns]

VikingzFanPage
@vikingzfanpage
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Caleb Williams wanted to play for the #Vikings following his draft combine interview with Kevin O’Connell, his father revealed via @SethWickersham’s book. After the meeting, Williams “began to dream of what it would be like to play for Minnesota.”

Caleb: “I need to go to the #Vikings.”

Caleb’s father: “Let’s do it.”

The only option for avoiding Chicago and getting to Minnesota, Wickersham wrote, was for the Williamses to publicly attack the idea. But Caleb Williams said: "I wasn't ready to nuke the city." The Vikings wound up with J.J. McCarthy, and oh by the way, the teams will play Week 1. According to Caleb Williams father in a book written by
@SethWickersham he didn’t want his son to play for the #Bears. He apparently considered the possibility for his son to sign with the UFL and become an unrestricted NFL free agent in 2025 to be able to pick a team

[purplefaithful]

Knowing what we know now?

I think the Bears would have been happy with J. Daniels #1 overall

[JR44]

I think last year's QB class could potentially end up as one of the best, was a great year to need a QB. All 6 look like they have the potential to be franchise QBs. I saw every Williams game at USC and he was one of my favorite college players ever, think he is a freak of an athlete, would have been ecstatic if he somehow became a Vike, but very happy we have JJM and think he is going to be the right guy for us.

[StickierBuns]

I mean Williams isn't dumb....he had to know what a shit storm this was going to raise in the media and with Chicago fans when the book came out. Its very interesting to read, for sure, but he's going to have backlash from this. Maybe he paints it that his thoughts concerned the old HC and regime. Its all over the place already today.

[purplefaithful]

I mean Williams isn't dumb....he had to know what a shit storm this was going to raise in the media and with Chicago fans when the book came out. Its very interesting to read, for sure, but he's going to have backlash from this. Maybe he paints it that his thoughts concerned the old HC and regime. Its all over the place already today.

The shitstorm is just unfortunate, be the same anywhere I guess...

Winning cures all; Coaching cost them at least two games last season. 

I like the off-season moves the Bears org made. Bears fans should be excited going into this year and (man) thats a mighty short straw to pull for JJM's first game. 

Season Opener, Prime time, on the road, division game...

We'll see what the kids got pretty, pretty quickly.

[StickierBuns]

Damage control underway:

Jeremy Bergman
@JABergman
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Bears coach Ben Johnson to @TheHerd
on this Caleb Williams report: "I don't know what's gone on prior to him joining the organization, but he is very proud to be a Chicago Bear. ... He's really excited to get to work right now and be the best version of himself for 2025."

[medaille]

Obviously, MN was the premiere choice for all the QBs. I don’t think that was really controversial. That said, WTF is Seth Wickersham doing airing this out in the public? Who’s ever going to talk to him again? I do think that in hindsight the Bears are doing him right in a way that many organizations haven’t done for their QBs. Got a guru OC for a coach. Great OLine. Moving in the right direction for him.

I think if I were Ben Johnson, I would be putting a lot of thought in how to get Chicago their first 4000 yard passer, just to get that monkey of the city’s back.

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I think last year's QB class could potentially end up as one of the best, was a great year to need a QB.  All 6 look like they have the potential to be franchise QBs.  I saw every Williams game at USC and he was one of my favorite college players ever, think he is a freak of an athlete, would have been ecstatic if he somehow became a Vike, but very happy we have JJM and think he is going to be the right guy for us.

Totally agree, but just wanted to clarify that it wasn’t that we got lucky to need a QB the one year there was so many.  The team made plans and executed on those plans in a way that many lesser teams wouldn’t.  We didn’t overcommit to Cousins.  We saw the opportunity present itself.  We traded up to ensure we had the draft capital to move up if we needed.  There were multiple teams that failed to get a QB during that draft despite having the option and a need, and the public heavily scrutinized the Falcons for getting the QB they loved “because they already had a QB”.

The problem with QBs that I think a lot of people and teams struggle with is that frequently they are available during a year when you don’t have a hard need and are unavailable to you the years you need them most.  I think a lot of people/teams fail with planning for this, as you really need a multiyear plan about how to remain competitive every year, but seize the opportunity to get a franchise changing QB when it arises.