For months, the consensus has been that USC standout quarterback Caleb Williams would be the No. 1 decide in April’s NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. Nonetheless, former first-round decide and present NFL Community analyst David Carr believes each Williams and the Bears could be higher off with out each other.
In actual fact, the ex-QB believes the Washington Commanders could be the perfect house for Williams, whereas the Bears ought to go in one other path solely.
“For me, the match is not proper,” Carr mentioned. “I believe this offense in Washington matches Caleb higher, and I believe Jayden Daniels, for me, if I have been the Bears, the primary decide that may be turned in could be Jayden Daniels.”
Since free company opened, the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner has seen his draft inventory enhance. In accordance with FanDuel, Daniels has the perfect odds (-150) of going No. 2 within the draft, whereas solely Williams (-2000) has higher odds of going No. 1 than the ex-LSU product (+1600).
Whereas rating Daniels over Williams would possibly sound wild on the floor, it actually is not. Final season, Daniels bested Williams in QBR (95.6 to 82.4), completion proportion (72.2 to 68.6), yards per try (11.7 to 9.4) and touchdown-to-interception ratio (40-4 to 30-5).
Carr is not the primary individual to query whether or not or not Williams is the only option for the Bears at No.1. Nonetheless, the noise has solely grown louder lately, as has the help for Daniels.
Two-time Tremendous Bowl Champion Damien Woody mentioned he’d take Daniels over Williams as a result of he does the “abnormal issues” higher.
“Give me the quarterback that may acknowledge, diagnose, be correct and most significantly, when stress comes, ship the ball in opposition to man-to-man protection,” Woody mentioned. “Jayden Daniels does that higher than Caleb Williams.”
In the meantime, On “Up and Adams” Wednesday, Bears legend Devin Hester threw out the potential for passing on a quarterback altogether, including that the franchise ought to stick to Justin Fields.
“I do not really feel like you must exit and draft a quarterback just like what you have already got,” Hester mentioned.
The Bears have not revealed their plans for the No. 1 decide. Nonetheless, with a number of choices nonetheless up within the air and some weeks of hypothesis remaining, the times main as much as the draft are assured to be something however boring.
