The draft couldn't have gone much better for the Chicago Bears, who landed star QB Caleb Williams No. 1 overall and selected Washington's Rome Odunze eight spots later
The Caleb Williams era is underway in Chicago and Rome Odunze is there, too. Fair to say, the NFL draft went just about the way the Bears hoped. Chicago kicked it off by taking Williams with the No. 1 overall pick and gave the Southern California star another target eight spots later by drafting Odunze on Thursday night. With a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and an All-America receiver from Washington, it wasn't hard to see why general manager Ryan Poles was excited.
You go back so much all the time and those days are over.' Williams had 93 touchdown passes and 14 interceptions over three seasons at Oklahoma and USC. The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner asked some questions about the franchise's history with QBs when he met with the Bears. He got the answers he needed. 'The explanation was just that they haven't put everybody in the right spaces,' Williams said. 'That's their mission, goal here.
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