From the sounds of it, we can expect to see plenty of this year’s No. 1 overall pick during the games in August.
Head coach Matt Eberflus said in his Friday press conference that the Bears plan to give quarterback Caleb Williams significant preseason reps, as the 2024 top pick prepares for his rookie season.
“We talked about that in the spring a little bit, about looking back at what some other guys have done in the past. And yeah, we certainly want to do that,” Eberflus said. “We’ll take that week-to-week. But there’s value in, really, all the reps when you think about it because he’s going to be going against the [No.] 1 defense. In preseason games, you don’t get all the looks, sometimes, that you would get during practice.
“So I think there’s equal value to going against the ones every single day and also getting some of those preseason reps as …