Chicago Bears relent and slate QB Caleb Williams to talk to media

Originally posted on Chicago Bears on SI
By Gene Chamberlain | Last updated May 28, 2025 1:08 PM ET

Caleb Williams will no longer avoid talking to the media.

Apparently the Bears QB will speak about the controversial coming ESPN book on quarterbacks.

The Bears didn't bring Williams in for a press conference during Week 1 of organized team activities but on Wednesday, May 28, they scheduled him to speak after their second Week 2 OTA practice. He'll talk to reporters along with Case Keenum, Montez Sweat and Ben Johnson.

Last year Williams didn't talk at OTAs and waited until minicamp.

Do not rewatch week 12 if you don't want to buy in on Caleb Williams while his stock's depressed pic.twitter.com/2MjDAeRmxy
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) May 22, 2025

The book, by Seth Wickersham, includes parts in which Williams and his father, Carl, were reported by ESPN to have wanted to either go to the UFL or find another way to dodge the NFL draft in 2024 because the Bears were perceived as a place "where quarterbacks go to die."

The other controversial aspect of an article by ESPN on the book by Wickersham, who writes for ESPN, is the suggestion the Bears coaching staff under Matt Eberflus did not help Williams with film review. The claim in the article was Williams told his father, "No one tells me what to watch. I just turn it on."

AMERICAN KINGS, a varied and thorough look at what it means to be a quarterback, will be out 9/9. Waterfield, Elway, Unitas, Caleb Williams, Moon, Manning (and Manning, Manning and Manning), Steve Young, Colin Hurley, Shack Harris, Vanita Krouch, and more! https://t.co/g6YJdiIg3I pic.twitter.com/WbVFmTYAQF
— Seth Wickersham (@SethWickersham) March 15, 2025

The article also said Williams had hit it off with Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell in predraft and wanted to go to the Vikings, who were supposed to select 11th.

The Bears play the Vikings in the season opener on ESPN's Monday Night Football Sept. 8. The release date for the book is slated for Sept. 9.

According to Seth Wickersham, Bears QB Caleb Williams almost signed with the UFL before being drafted

Williams was so concerned about being drafted by the Bears, that he and his family weighed circumventing the entire NFL draft. They spoke with lawyers to find a way around the… pic.twitter.com/MOcmKAaQv5
— Jeremy Karp (@jkarpsportsfan1) May 15, 2025

This article first appeared on Chicago Bears on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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