Bears' Caleb Williams rejects developing friendships with NFL counterparts: 'Want a competitive advantage'

Caleb Williams, the apical prime successful past year's NFL Draft, experienced immoderate highs and lows during his rookie season. 

However, the Chicago Bears backmost is speaking retired connected astatine slightest 1 of the ways helium plans connected approaching his 2nd NFL season. Developing adjacent friendships with chap quarterbacks crossed the league is thing Williams is simply not funny in.

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Chicago Bears backmost Caleb Williams, #18, leaves the tract aft an 18-15 nonaccomplishment to the Washington Commanders successful an NFL shot crippled connected Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024 successful Landover, Maryland. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

In an interrogation with Esquire, the Heisman Trophy victor acknowledged that different quarterbacks are "probably large guys." However, helium is not needfully prioritizing getting to cognize immoderate of them connected a idiosyncratic level.

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Williams' rationale centered astir his content that having a beardown enslaved with counterparts could origin him to suffer his competitory edge. "I deliberation the NFL crippled has go precise friendly, and I don’t needfully privation to beryllium friends, due to the fact that I privation to support that competitory advantage," helium said.

Chicago Bears backmost Caleb Williams, #18, throws a walk during the 4th fourth against the Green Bay Packers astatine Lambeau Field. (Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images)

The Bears finished past play with a disappointing 5-12 record. The Bears relieved Matt Eberflus of his caput coaching duties successful November, conscionable 1 time aft helium received sizeable blasted for mismanaging the timepiece successful a 23-20 nonaccomplishment to the Detroit Lions.

Eberflus' astir three-year tenure successful the Windy City was marred by a flurry of last-second losses and ended with a six-game losing streak. Thomas Brown past became interim caput coach. Chicago hired Ben Johnson successful January.

The Bears made a flurry of additions to its roster erstwhile the NFL escaped bureau play opened past month. The squad bolstered its violative enactment by acquiring halfway Drew Dalman and guards Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson.

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Williams made it wide that winning is the apical anticipation successful 2025. "The program is to spell triumph big," Williams said.

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