ESPN analyst and free-agent quarterback Robert Griffin III raised eyebrows all through the NFL neighborhood when he said earlier this week that USC Trojans star signal-caller Caleb Williams ought to “demand that the Chicago Bears don’t draft him No. 1 general.”
Griffin elaborated on that scorching-hot take throughout the newest version of his “RG3 and the Ones” podcast.
“He ought to inform the Bears he isn’t coming,” Griffin mentioned about Williams, as shared by Andrew Gould of The Spun. “Do not draft me.”
Griffin went on to clarify his reasoning.
“They’ve surrounded Caleb Williams with nice expertise, however what they do not have proper now could be stability within the entrance workplace,” Griffin mentioned concerning the Bears. “To me, they should prolong (head coach) Matt Eberflus, as a result of he wants no less than three-to-four years to construct and develop with Caleb Williams.”
For what it is value, former quarterback and present NFL analyst Ryan Leaf is amongst those that believe Williams wants to sit down and study for no less than a portion of his rookie season. There is no signal the Bears plan to go down that route after they traded Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers late final week.
“So if the Bears imagine in Matt Eberflus, they need to prolong him,” Griffin continued. “As a result of that is the very best factor for the complete group. If they do not imagine in Matt Eberflus, they need to have fired him as quickly as they knew they had been going to go along with a rookie quarterback.”
No matter anyone feels about Griffin’s feedback, such phrases seemingly will imply little in the long term.
Bears insider Josh Schrock of NBC Sports activities Chicago talked about how Williams referred to the membership as “right here” whereas talking on NFL+ shortly after the quarterback threw at USC’s professional day earlier this week. For a chunk revealed Friday, Adam Jahns of The Athletic detailed how Williams “continues to examine the ‘individual’ bins for the Bears” forward of the draft that opens on the night time of April 25.
At this level, one must search to discover a respected mock draft predicting any outcome aside from the Bears taking Williams first general. The actual fact Chicago traded Fields over a month earlier than the beginning of the draft suggests rumblings concerning the membership not wanting the 2 quarterbacks to share a locker room for any period of time had been, in actual fact, correct.
