Caleb Williams Attempted To Avoid Bears With Eye On Vikings

Caleb Williams and his family had serious enough concerns about joining the Chicago Bears in the 2024 NFL draft that they consulted with layers about finding a way to avoid the franchise.

"Chicago is the place quarterbacks go to die," Carl Williams, Caleb's father, told Seth Wickersham, author of "American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback," in the months before the 2024 draft.

Caleb Williams wondered aloud to confidants: "Do I want to go there? I don't think I can do it with [former Bears offensive coordinator Shane] Waldron." "I don't want my son playing for the Bears," Carl Williams told several agents in 2024.

Caleb Williams wanted to play for the Minnesota Vikings after meeting with head coach Kevin O'Connell.

"I need to go to the Vikings," he told his father.

"Let's do it," his father replied.

The Bears, to their credit, stood firm that they would select Williams.

"We're drafting you no matter what," said GM Ryan Poles to Williams.

In the end, Caleb Williams told Wickersham, "I wasn't ready to nuke the city." Williams ultimately came around to the idea of playing for the Bears during a predraft visit.

"I can do it for this team," Caleb told his dad.

"I'm going to go to the Bears.".

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