With 72 passing TDs, only 10 ints and 8170 passing yards over 2 years playing for USC. Caleb Williams definitely garners a lot of attention from fans, the NFL, and let’s not forget the “haters.”

There’s no question that he has talent, if we’re being honest. But also for being honest, there are a lot of red flags and potential concerns for drafting the QB from USC. He has skills, but we all know that all skilled QBs from college don’t always transfer well into the NFL with the Chicago Bears.

The first thing that definitely concerns me is his ego and his maturity level. Williams comes off as entitled. You have to earn your spot, no matter how high you’re drafted. I can’t help but to believe that the NFL defenders are going to be gunning for him, with his over the top swagger, and what he thinks he’s going to do at the next level to professional football players, and not just “good” 20-year-olds. There’s a slight difference between being confident and being cocky – he is dancing on that line.

He stated previously he might stay another year at USC because he can make more on NIL. Which again, on a side note, is one of the reasons why I hate the NIL. The kids in college are not professionals, they’re amateur athletes, the whole drive for a college athlete to make the pros is to become a “professional” play against the best, and get paid to play the game that you love, but I digress.

The second thing that concerns me is the fact that he played for USC. Nothing at all against the Trojans but quarterbacks through history have not panned out very well from USC. Since 1990 only 1 quarterback has thrown for over 4000 yards and 28 TDs in a season in the pros.

In particular, the Pac-12 is not necessarily the most difficult defense to play in college football. In 2023, 6 teams in the Pac-12 were giving up 28+ ppg. The NFL brings a whole new dog to the game. The 6-1 QB is talking like he’s already an NFL great without ever taking a snap. I understand confidence and have faith in your skills, but he should let his game do the talking.

Now the vast majority of mock draft boards seem to showed the Chicago Bears likely grabbing Caleb at the number 1 spot.
Whether you feel he’s worth the number one spot or not is completely up to you and your own judgment. Considering that since 2000, many QBs, going by their NFL careers, haven’t panned out as to what was expected from them. Will he be able to provide the production that would be expected of him as a number one pick will be the real question.

Now the truth is, it’s a pretty low bar to become the best QB in Bears history. So realistically if he came in and was able to put up 3800 passing yds, 25 TDs, and was able to complete 60% of his passes in his first year, Chicago would probably be thrilled. Because let’s be honest, that city has never had a top ended quarterback. They’ve gone from Kyle Orton to Jay Cutler to Mitchell Trubisky and Justin Fields, they have struggled terribly at the quarterback position for 35+ years.

With what we have seen in his behavior at times, if things don’t  go his way or go as expected, what would we possibly see if he happened to plummet? I don’t think he gets out of the top 10 – but how would we see him react if he dropped like Aaron Rodgers did back in 2005?

I really want to see him prove himself in the big leagues before walking around like he is the star of the show.

Josh Rosen anyone?
Actions speak louder than words. Oftentimes players tend to bust when they have this type of mentality before they’re even drafted.
Unfortunately I don’t think it’s going to be ending anytime soon because this type of attitude is only the beginning of the “entitlement era” of College Football with the experts at VegasTopDogs.