USC quarterback Caleb Williams celebrates with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being chosen by the Bears with the first overall pick during the first round of the NFL draft Thursday night.
Bears fans are the only ones excited about the Bears’ draft.
From ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper, Jr. (“They nailed these … picks.”) to every major outlet (and minor outlets, for that matter), the Bears’ selections of USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick and Washington WR Rome Odunze with the No. 9 overall pick were almost universally acclaimed.
CBS Sports’ Pete Prisco was the odd-man out, preferring LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels to Williams and giving the Bears a B+ for Odunze. For the record, Pete gave the Bears a D for Mitch Trubisky (“It makes no sense … bad move”) and called Patrick Mahomes “the best QB in this draft” in 2017, so his tempered analysis can’t be discounted.
A sampling:
ESPN (Mel Kiper, Jr.):
The Athletic:
NFL.com:
Fox Sports (Rob Rang):
CBS Sports (Pete Prisco):
Yahoo Sports (Charles McDonald):
USA Today (Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz):
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