Colin Cowherd Proves Why Bears Fans Should Ignore All Caleb Williams Rumors Until Draft Day

In over 100 years of existence, there may not have been a more stressful or antagonizing time to be a fan of the Chicago Bears than right now. Back in 2022 when the Bears hired Ryan Poles as their general manager in 2022, Poles vowed to take a hold of the NFC North division and "never give it back."

Well, that's a lot harder to do now than it was then.

The Green Bay Packers may have groomed their third straight Bear-killing quarterback. The Detroit Lions have officially arrived on the scene as legitimate contenders. And the Minnesota Vikings are just 2-3 playmakers away from being in the mix.

Now, the Bears have big decisions to make to continue their path of improving and contending. It all starts with the plan at quarterback. While nothing is for sure, the heaviest of rumors have the Bears trading current quarterback Justin Fields and using their first overall pick in the upcoming draft to take quarterback Caleb Williams out of USC.

Of course, being in Chicago and being first in line for the top talent in the draft from Los Angeles brings its own set of problems. 2 of the 3 biggest media markets in America are involved in the biggest story in the biggest sports league - what could possibly happen here? Here's a timeline of just one day of the almost 3 months we are in-store for.

1. Cowherd speaks candidly on Williams; local media reacts.

FS1's well-known talk show guy Colin Cowherd, talking about Caleb Williams, took some time on his show to mention that Williams and his group do not want him to play in Chicago for the Bears. Keep in mind, Cowherd is based in Los Angeles and is often on the USC campus/sporting events. Also, Williams does not have an agent - so his "camp" is widely speculated to just be him and his dad.

As expected, Chicago media took that and ran very quickly.

Before listening to the Cowherd clip and reacting to the news, Danny Parkins of 670 the Score gave credit to the source that Cowherd could be when it comes to news about Williams. After the clip, he just unloaded his fear and disdain towards the possibility (and, in his opinion, likelihood) of this being real.

To add fuel to the fire, executive producer of the show, Shane Riordan, directly texted Williams' dad to confirm the report. His response was the general "I've been told not to speak on the matter" we see when spicy stuff like this emerges.

The reaction from Parkins and the response from Williams' father, of course, set the internet ablaze...

2. The internet goes crazy, Cowherd walks back what he said.

Bears fans took to social media to react to everything they just heard. In short, the posts went anywhere from takes like "only the Bears," to "If he doesn't want us, then we don't want him," and even a couple calls for everyone's job and a sale of the franchise. You know, just another day on the internet. This went on all night long, but then came the morning of Cowherd's next show.

Cowherd was instructed by Williams' "camp" to take back what he said the day before, so nobody labeled him as "anti-Chicago." Although he did walk back quite a bit of what he said, he still left an opening that still could make anyone believe Williams did not want to come to Chicago.

Cowherd is a professional and he knows what he is doing. He perfectly took back what he said previously while leaving it possible that what he said was true. Speculation stayed alive even with him going back on everything he said just the day prior.

Obviously, Chicago still needed some answers. So, credit to 670 the Score in Chicago, they were able to land him as a guest on the Parkins and Spiegel show to settle this once and for all.

3. Cowherd's agenda exposed on Chicago radio, lesson learned.

670 the Score was able to get Cowherd on the air on Friday afternoon where he all but confirmed the things he was saying originally were his own thoughts and feelings. He went on for about 10 minutes about how bad of a situation he thinks Chicago is for Williams because of their history of a lack of offense and questionable leadership.

Cowherd did try to make a point that Chicago was not Williams' only option. At the beginning of the call, he said he had just spoken to USC insiders who said they have fielded at least 5 calls from 5 different teams who wanted to do a background check on Williams because they were planning to offer trade packages for the 1st overall pick.

He also said that his reasoning for his comments on Thursday were due to a conversation had "8 or 9 weeks ago" about how Chicago may not be a great place to land.

When he was directly asked if Williams would be okay with being drafted by the Bears, he said yes, but then went back to how he felt about the Bears, the 5 teams calling USC, and his conversations from the past.

So, as this all will continue to unfold for seemingly forever, what have we learned? Bears fans, we will not know what is going to happen until the night of April 25th. The Bears, Williams, Cowherd, talk shows, bloggers, tweeters, you, and me are all as knowledgeable on how this will play out as anyone.

We have over 2 months of this to fight through. Strap in and hang on.

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