Caleb Williams’ electrical NFL preseason recreation earned him a wild comparability from Tyreek Hill

The Chicago Bears are about to begin their one hundred and fifth season in franchise historical past. For almost all of that point, the Bears have been outlined by three issues: a ferocious protection, some all-time nice working backs, and arguably probably the most pathetic quarterback lineage in NFL historical past.

The Bears are the one staff within the NFL to by no means have a quarterback throw for 4,000 yards in a season. A lot of the groups passing data are both held by Sid Luckman, whose profession predates World Battle II, or Jay Cutler, who’s Jay Cutler. In the end, it lastly seems that the Bears have a franchise QB, and it’s not their followers who’re hyping up Caleb Williams.

The No. 1 total choose had one other nice displaying within the NFL preseason in Saturday’s recreation in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals, and it’s creating some wild comparisons and predictions across the web. Take it Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill — just lately ranked as the most effective participant within the NFL by his friends — who tweeted this about Williams through the recreation.

Hill is evaluating Williams to a man who used to throw him passes, and he’s not speaking about Tua Tagovailoa. Hill is saying the Bears’ rookie reminds him of Patrick Mahomes. That’s fairly good firm to be in.

Williams has been drawing Mahomes comps since his early faculty days at Oklahoma, and now he’s beginning to show that his ‘yard’ fashion can translate to the very best ranges of the sport. After a tough first quarter, Williams began cooking within the second. First, he connected with fellow rookie Rome Odunze for an enormous strike downfield.

He completed the drive with a landing for the Bears on a spectacular scramble. Watch Williams as he steps up within the pocket, evades strain, and breaks include to seek out the tip zone.

Can Caleb Williams be a top-10 QB as a rookie? Hey, C.J. Stroud did it final 12 months. Williams seems like he’s up for the duty to date.

It all the time felt like it could take a miracle for the Bears to land a franchise QB, and a miracle really performed out. The Bears landed the No. 1 total draft choose in 2023 due to an absurd win by Lovie Smith’s Houston Texans within the ultimate recreation of the season. The Bears traded that choose to the Panthers for a package deal that included their first spherical choose in 2024. When the Panthers ended the 12 months because the worst staff in soccer, Caleb Williams turned a Bear.

By the best way, Williams was requested about Hill’s tweet after the sport. He had an ideal response:

Chicago has by no means seen something like this earlier than. Williams goes to be a lot enjoyable to observe, and even his new NFL friends are already taking discover.