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

The Chicago Bears are about to begin their a 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 crew within the NFL to by no means have a quarterback throw for 4,000 yards in a season. Many of the groups passing information are both held by Sid Luckman, whose profession predates World Conflict 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 decide 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 very best 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 school days at Oklahoma, and now he’s beginning to show that his ‘yard’ type can translate to the very best ranges of the sport. After a tough first quarter, Williams began cooking within the second. First, he attached 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 comprise to search out the top zone.

Can Caleb Williams be a top-10 QB as a rookie? Hey, C.J. Stroud did it final yr. Williams seems to be 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 truly performed out. The Bears landed the No. 1 total draft decide in 2023 because of an absurd win by Lovie Smith’s Houston Texans within the closing recreation of the season. The Bears traded that decide to the Panthers for a package deal that included their first spherical decide in 2024. When the Panthers ended the yr because the worst crew 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 look at, and even his new NFL friends are already taking discover.