Caleb Williams Tried to AVOID the Bears?! Explosive New Book Reveals Shocking Details!

Caleb Williams tried to avoid the Bears? Shocking draft drama revealed in explosive NFL book!

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00:00According to a new book set to release in September, Caleb Williams was so hesitant

00:04about joining the Chicago Bears that he considered skipping the NFL Draft entirely and signing

00:09with a UFL team.

00:11The book, American King's A Biography of the Quarterback by Seth Wickersham, contains

00:16some explosive quotes from both Caleb and his father, Carl Williams.

00:20Chicago is the place quarterbacks go to die, Carl reportedly told the author months before

00:26the 2024 draft.

00:28Caleb was said to be skeptical about developing under then offensive coordinator Shane Waldron

00:32who was fired in week 10 after a loss to the New England Patriots.

00:36In fact, Carl Williams even told several agents, I don't want my son playing for the Bears

00:41in 2024.

00:42The book also highlights a positive meeting between Caleb and Minnesota Vikings head coach

00:47Kevin O'Connell at the NFL Combine.

00:49Afterward, Caleb allegedly told his father, I need to go to the Vikings.

00:54Despite the Williams family's doubts, Bears GM Ryan Poles was unmoved.

00:58He told Caleb directly, we're drafting you no matter what.

01:02But after a pre-draft visit to the Bears facility, Caleb had a change of heart.

01:06He told his father, I can do it for this team, I'm going to the Bears.

01:11The book goes on to detail Williams' rollercoaster season in Chicago where he was sacked 68 times

01:16but still managed to throw for 20 touchdowns.

01:32The Checker.