Caleb Wiliams is the franchise quarterback of the Chicago Bears, but if he had his way during the 2024 NFL Draft, he’d be with another team.
ESPN relayed details from the upcoming book American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback by Seth Wickersham on Thursday, which included the revelation that Williams’ father, Carl, didn’t want his son to play for a Bears franchise that has traditionally struggled to develop quarterbacks.
“Do I want to go there? I don’t think I can do it with [former Bears offensive coordinator Shane] Waldron,” Caleb Williams is quoted as saying in the book.
Williams told his father that he wanted to go to the Minnesota Vikings after meeting with head coach Kevin O’Connell, according to Wickersham’s book, although the Bears refused to do anything but draft him with the No. 1 pick.
The Bears fired Matt Eberflus following a Thanksgiving Day game debacle where he failed to properly manage the clock in an embarrassing loss. The team hired Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson as they look to develop Caleb into the franchise quarterback they envision him to be.
