We Made It To Draft Day Eve

We made it to Draft Day Eve… which also means we are in the height of silly season. Stupid season. Moron season. Smoke screen season. Whatever you want to call it, we're knee deep in bullcrap right now. And right now, nobody is catching more strays than the presumptive number one overall pick Caleb Williams.

Everyone has known this dude was gonna go first for at least a year now, maybe more, but suddenly now in the final hours before the draft, there are red flags flying everywhere you look. Everyone has something to say about this dude. Everyone except the GM with the first pick. Who is just waiting to sprint to his Caleb Williams draft card in tomorrow night?

And that's why I could care less about everyone's red flags and everyone’s lava takes. The only people who care less about those red flags and lava takes than me are the Bears.

And look, I think Caleb Williams is a mega talent, but I’m not here to guarantee anything. Because nothing is guaranteed when it comes to the draft and certainly not when it comes to franchise quarterbacks. And especially a potential Bears franchise QB. Nothing is guaranteed, well except for the fact that this dude is going first overall. That's a lock. 

But that’s not stopping anonymous hot take artists around the league, and yes, you do find them in the NFL too, that’s’ not stopping anonymous hot take artists, who who are too cowardly to put their name to any of it, from talking a bunch of crap anyway. For example, my guy Bruce Feldman just put out a piece in the Athletic explaining that quote “multiple coaches and scouts are questioning his readiness as a person, not a player.”

I’m gonna bet none of those coaches or scouts work for the Bears. I’d be willing to bet that if any of those coaches or scouts were sitting on the number one pick, they’d have absolutely problem deciding who to use it on. The guy that the team that actually does have the number one pick is using it on.  Caleb Williams. But we don’t know for sure who these coaches or scouts work for because all these people spewing all this lava are all anonymous. 

Anonymous sources questioning this dude’s readiness as a person, not a player. Doesn’t seem sketchy or personal at all. These anonymous tough talkers also say that they’re “not sure about the wiring” and not sure “how motivated he is just to win”that he “gives off a Russell Wilson vibe” and “lacks self-awareness.”

A Russell Wilson vibe? Really guys? Why don't you just compare him to Jamarcus Russell while you're at it? I mean, really, that’s how we’re gonna do this dude? We’re gonna comp him to Russet? You’re gonna say he gives sack of potato vibes?

What vibe has Caleb put out that compares to Russet dropping catch phrases like BRONCOS COUNTRY, LET’S RIDE or claiming to do calisthenics on team flights or creepily posting HEY SEATTLE from his bed or filming the cringiest sandwich commercials ever made... And yes that even includes the ones starring Jared.

I’m serious now, what is the huge offense that Caleb’s committed to have all this bullcrap being hurled in his direction? Painting his nails? Having a clear phone case? Getting emotional with his family after losing a game that knocked USC out of Pac 12 contention? 

Y'all gotta make up your mind on that one, is he not motivated enough to win? Or does the crying with his family show he cares too much and can't handle it? Which is it, haters? Don't answer that. I don't care. And the Bears don't care. So it doesn't really matter at all does it?

The crying incident is such an issue it even led to this viral take from the Pablo Torre Finds Out Podcast. 

It’s like if Prince played QB?? That’s the take? That's what we're afraid of? That really came from an NFL GM? And that GM was positioning that as a bad thing? 

It’s like if Prince played QB... Am I the only one who thinks that would be the coolest thing ever? If Caleb brings even a fraction of Prince’s talent and star power and electricity to the NFL, he’ll be just fine. He'll be more than fine, he'll be an icon like Prince.

Did we all forget by the way that Prince snatched souls on the court as a hooper? Did we all forget that Prince showed up to play the Super Bowl and upstaged the actual game? That’s your negative comp anonymous GM? That he's like Prince playing football? 

Look, I know its stupid season but that’s stupid even for stupid season. Yes, the dude is a little bit different. You could even say he’s a little bit weird. But you know what I always say, weird is good. And so is different, different is good too, especially if we’re talking about a potential franchise QB. You need different in that role, you can’t just have another ordinary dude.

We’ll see what happens when he gets to Chicago. But we know he’s going to Chicago. Because the Bears don’t give a crap about any of this noise and neither do I. In fact, I can’t wait to see Prince go play QB in Chicago. I'm all about it.

Seriously, how great would it be if he showed up to his Bears intro presser and told the long suffering Chicago fans… no need to worry, no need to cry, I’m your messiah, and you’re the reason why… I would die 4 you.

It would be one of the greatest press conference moments in NFL history. These people have been waiting 70 years for a franchise QB, imagine if their number one pick blew into town like that. And then imagine after his debut, he sits in his locker and tells the Chicago media… BABY I’M A STAAAR.

And then they ask him Caleb, how many yards are you aiming to rack up in your career? And Caleb hits them with… 777, 93-11.

It could be incredible, the dude could take the Bears to the Super Bowl and then also perform at halftime. He could even change his name to a symbol halfway through his career and make us all call him THE QUARTERBACK FORMERLY KNOWN AS CALEB WILLIAMS. And then turn around and change his name back to Caleb Williams. 

Prince as an NFL QB sounds like the coolest thing ever. And if that’s the best knock the haters can come up with in bullcrap season, then they clearly are grasping for bullcrap to sling this time around. 

Just watch what the team with the first pick does tomorrow night. And if they don't care about any of the noise, then I sure as hell don't either. Especially because I’ve heard plenty of the opposite from people who actually are around the dude. People who actually coached the dude. People who actually know the dude. People like Lincoln Riley and Jordan Palmer, who have nothing but incredibly positive things to say.