Why Caleb Williams went from Bears skeptic to franchise savior NBC Chicago [Video]

DETROIT — You can understand why Caleb Williams was initially skeptical of the team that held his NFL future in the palm of their hands.

The Bears, after all, don’t have a sterling reputation for developing quarterbacks or producing winning football. If drafting a transcendent quarterback prospect was like a job interview, the Bears would have shown up with a resume akin to a 16-year-old grocery clerk applying to be vice president of a Fortune 500 company.

Williams has worked the past 12 years to be the No. 1 overall pick. When he saw the Bears land the top selection via a trade with the Carolina Panthers, he was understandably reticent about his future.

“When you only meet with somebody for 10 minutes and the history, like I haven’t known much about the Bears,” Williams told NBC Sports Chicago, the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Sun-Times on Thursday after the Bears drafted him at No. 1 overall. “The history since I’ve been alive hasn’t been necessarily …