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The Chicago Bears made nan move to waste and acquisition Justin Fields earlier successful nan offseason, which signaled they were apt going to return Caleb Williams pinch nan No. 1 wide prime of nan 2024 NFL Draft.
Former NFL prima Shawne Merriman appeared connected OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me pinch Dan Dakich" connected Monday and said he didn’t work together pinch trading Fields, who was dealt to nan Pittsburgh Steelers. He said nan Bears should person fixed Williams immoderate clip earlier being thrown "into nan fire."
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USC backmost Caleb Williams looks to walk during nan first half of nan crippled against UCLA connected Nov. 18, 2023 successful Los Angeles. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
"Give Caleb Williams immoderate time. I’m truthful against throwing young quarterbacks into nan fire," Merriman said. "… You want them to time off assemblage and get connected nan field, propulsion them to nan occurrence and fto them study connected nan run. It conscionable doesn’t ever hap that way.
"Yeah, you sewage your Joe Burrows of nan world and immoderate of these guys will beryllium getting that play correct away, but look astatine nan quarterbacks who person a batch of occurrence correct now. They didn’t get connected nan section early on. Patrick Mahomes, he sat practically for almost a full year.
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Caleb Williams (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images/File)
"I judge successful giving a feline astatine slightest 4 to six games to effort to fig it out. Throwing him connected nan section connected time 1 and saying, ‘Let’s go, make this point happen, move nan statement around,’ successful my opinion, agelong term, it’s conscionable not smart for your organization."
The erstwhile USC Trojans standout is apt to beryllium nan No. 1 prime successful Thursday’s draft.
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He won nan Heisman Trophy successful 2022 erstwhile he threw for 4,537 passing yards and 42 touchdown passes. Last season, Williams had 3,633 passing yards and 30 touchdown passes.
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