Caleb Williams entered the NFL this 12 months because the No.1 draft decide, however his debut marketing campaign did not fairly go to plan.
The Chicago Bears paired their Heisman Trophy-winning rookie with head coach Matt Eberflus, however that relationship ended 13 weeks into the common season.
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Eberflus was fired after a Thanksgiving fiasco noticed Chicago lose a decent recreation in Detroit to fall to 4-8, and with Thomas Brown taking on as interim head coach, there was little enchancment by way of December.
The Bears limped to a 5-12 end, and would little doubt have been determined for the season to finish in order that the seek for a brand new head coach might correctly start.
A lot of the dialogue in current days has been round Williams, and the way he can develop beneath a brand new mentor.
Names like Ben Johnson, the Detroit Lions offensive coordinator, and Mike McCarthy, who has departed the Dallas Cowboys, have been linked with the position.
And now, the younger quarterback has revealed precisely what he is searching for in a brand new coach, admitting that a few of his calls for is likely to be ‘egocentric’.
“Sturdy-minded, a pacesetter of males – I feel that is a cool factor about what you have received over there in Detroit,” he informed Lions broad receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown on his podcast.
“Selfishly, I need an offensive-minded man so I can construct with him and be with him for 17-18 years – so I can be taught and develop.
“But when we get an general, grand scheme coach, who is nice with time administration, serving to to regulate the sport… that is an enormous issue clearly.
“After which serving to discover the best guys to win championships. That is the one purpose I’ve for my NFL profession – to win championships.”
St. Brown, in response, joked that he has been attempting to persuade Johnson to reject a suggestion from the Bears after listening to Williams lay out the suspiciously related qualities that he is searching for.
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“Simply so you understand, I informed Ben that Caleb is f****** trash, you do not wish to go there,” he teased.
“I do not know what he’ll do with that info.
“I stated Caleb is a diva, he is egocentric, he’ll need every thing on his personal… thinks he is the neatest man on the earth, not coach-able.”
Chicago’s quarterback will nonetheless have excessive hopes although, particularly after being pranked into considering that the deal to deliver Johnson to the Bears was already executed.
He acquired a textual content final Friday that claimed to be from Johnson, which stated he can be accepting the pinnacle teaching gig.
Williams responded by saying he was ‘excited for the longer term’ and able to ‘flip it round’ – however realised he had been catfished as soon as he known as the quantity and was met by followers on the opposite finish of the road.
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“It was a basic prank,” he informed St. Brown, responding to the decision on Wednesday.
“The textual content was so official. I’ve gotten that textual content from faculty coaches and different coaches earlier than getting drafted, it regarded mad skilled.”
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