Why Caleb Williams Says Chicago Bears Fans Are Unlike Anything He Expected

Caleb Williams had been a star for a long time. He thought he knew what football fans were like. The first taste came in high school, when he built a following in Washington, D.C., at the helm of his championship team. Then he got a taste of two blue-blood fandoms at Oklahoma and USC. Both were outspoken and passionate. Williams thought those experiences prepared him for what to expect from Chicago Bears fans when he arrived as the #1 overall pick in 2024. He couldn’t have been more wrong.

That first year didn’t show him much.