SI.com's Albert Breer details with a look back all of the Bears interest in Caleb Williams before the draft and the actual selection as they took advantage of a 'jackpot situation.'
detailing the beginning of the connection GM Ryan Poles made with his new quarterback and how the draft went down. It silences many of those who had character doubts about him, this much is certain."This year I watched the Bears a little bit more than I ever had, you know, leading up to this moment throughtout the season," Williams said at Halas Hall a day after being drafted.There was a good reason to think it could happen, but early on not necessarily one with a degree of certainty.
So while Williams was paying attention to the Bears seriously, really, for the first time since he'd played football, Poles was going about the process of vetting a potential starting QB even though he had Justin Fields starting. "It was a move I made, one, because I wanted to continue to evaluate Justin, and two, I knew we had to keep building our football team, Poles told Breer. “We needed more players to close the gap on some of the years prior, with all the trades before. It was just a move to improve the football team.”It's a word many have associated with the Bears-Panthers trade, but a bit startling even to see it come from Poles' mouth.
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