There has been pressure on Caleb Williams since well before the Chicago Bears made him the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. The Bears had struggled during the previous regular season and they acquired the No. 1 pick as a result of a clever trade with the Carolina Panthers. That team had the worst record in the league.

Williams had been on top of all the scouting reports and draft lists, and it was clear the Bears were very interested. There were reports that members of Williams' inner circle did not want the Bears to draft him because the team simply did not develop their quarterbacks into great players. Williams would go on to say that he had no such feeling about the Bears, but the list of the team's failed quarterbacks was long and painful.

Some of the most recent QBs that fail

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