Media people have insisted for months that Caleb Williams doesn’t want to play for the Chicago Bears. His own camp put that idea to bed by stating they’d have no such issues. However, it feels like there is a kernel of truth to the claims. It doesn’t have so much to do that he hates the Bears. It could be more about his desire to play for a specific team. Williams is a Washington D.C. native. He grew up there and built his football career there in high school. The Washington Commanders own the #2 overall pick. It would probably be a dream come true for him to go home. The problem is the Bears hold the #1 pick, so his fate rests with them.
Here is where things get interesting. Over the past 24 hours, it was reported USC quarterbacks coach Kliff Kingsbury planned to accept the offensive coordinator job with the Las Vegas Raiders. While interesting, it wasn’t anything noteworthy. That just changed in a big way. New reports came out that Kingsbury withdrew his name from consideration for the job at the last moment. Now it seems he is becoming a favorite for a different offensive coordinator job. The team making that last-second steal?
Washington.
The same team that holds the #2 pick and resides in Williams’ home city now wants to employ the coach who worked with him during the 2023 season. Is there something in the works that hasn’t come to light yet?
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The Bears could make Washington pay through the nose for Caleb Williams.
Tom Pelissero of NFL Network stated recently that the evaluations of Williams are so high that even moving up from #2 to #1 would cost the Commanders a massive package. We’re talking multiple future 1st round picks. Chicago has all the leverage. If Washington wants Williams, and there have been indications for months that this is the case, they will have to throw a king’s ransom at Ryan Poles to move him off that spot. If he can secure another future 1st round pick and maybe more for only moving down one spot, it is something he absolutely must consider.
Much of this depends on what the Bears’ evaluations of the other quarterbacks are. Do they see a wide gulf between Caleb Williams and Drake Maye or Jayden Daniels? If not, then making this trade is a no-brainer. Plenty of draft evaluators believe Maye is the best overall QB prospect in the class. Chicago could move down one spot, secure loads of extra capital, and still get a highly gifted player. It would be tough selling Bears fans on another North Carolina quarterback, but the overall package would be ridiculous.
Kingsbury and Williams reportedly didn’t get along at USC. Kings yet has a reputation of being hard-headed and difficult, how we, he KNOWS the Air Raid/Mike Leach/Texas Tech system. If Williams can’t have Lincoln Riley in the pros, his best baby blanket would be Kingsbury.
I’m sure Williams understands that.
By swiping Kingsbury from the Raiders, they’re now stuck having to consider Luke Getsy, but at least with Garappollo, Getsy can go back to clipboard holding instead of coordinating anything.
I can see the Bears becoming a middle-of-the-pack team, simply by not getting worse.
What’s the bottom package you guys would take for the commanders trade? I’m saying both 2s this year and future 1 and 2 next year and a player! Especially if they hire kingsbury!
I could see us making a deal with NE to leapfrog Washington for Caleb. Robert Kraft wants to win.
@Jioha
Do you think if Washington is intent on drafting Williams, we could get them to throw in a peanut butter sandwich to take Lambert?
He could become Williams’ personale scribe.
Erik Lambert thrown in with a trade of #1 pick to Washington? Chicago would get additional UDFA picks for Lambert. Washington may play hardball and make Chicago pay with a draft choice to get rid of Lambert!