Caleb Williams: 'My last goal is immortality'

Caleb Williams arrives in Chicago with dreams of Super Bowls now that he is officially the Bears’ franchise quarterback.

The No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft shared with NBC Sports that there’s no mistaking his goals, he wants to place his name among the legends of the game by the time his career is all said and done.

“To be the greatest or to be able to sit at the table,” Williams answered when asked about his goals. “You put dreams and goals in front of you that you aren’t able to reach within a year or two, and you try to go get ‘em.”

Of course, the only way Williams can reach his ultimate goals is by winning some rings.

“My last goal is immortality. The only way to reach that is winning championships. That’s big for me and something that is the reason I play the game. I’m excited.”

During the interview, Williams also admitted he was concerned about the history of the Bears but was won over by their vision in the draft process.

“When you only meet with somebody for 10 minutes and the history — like I haven’t known much about the Bears,” Williams said. “The history since I’ve been alive hasn’t been necessarily where they are winning big games and Super Bowls and things like that.”

There was accountability from Chicago’s end, per Williams, and also a commitment to doing everything possible to put him in a position to succeed.

“What they told me was that, you know, they haven’t always put people in the right position, and that’s their fault. The plan is to change that around.

“As y’all have seen, the new stadium. As y’all have seen, the coaches that they have brought here, the executive staffs, things like that. Bringing people like that from winning cultures and winning places that want to win, and as a holistic family of the Bears but also stadium, team, coaches, executive staff. Everybody wanting to win and change the culture.”

After talking with the team and getting a feel for the franchise as a whole, Caleb Williams says there were no reservations heading to the Windy City.

“When I got there and got around everybody — players, coaches, executive staff — and I went from there and I fell in love with it. I enjoyed it. I was comfortable. When I left there, I hopped on a call and said, ‘I’m OK being here. This is going to be alright. We’re going to do it and we’re going to have fun doing it.’”

The new Bears QB1 appears to be fully bought-in.