It's Very Bears that, despite an offseason full of unprecedented amounts of change, they still managed to find themselves in the middle of a dopey quarterback controversy. The brand has never been stronger in Chicago.
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The Caleb-Williams-hates-the-Bears-and-also-wishes-he-was-on-the-Vikings story was the gift that kept on giving – anxiety, casual depression, a lot of heartburn, you name it – in Chicago, and it almost succeeded in distracting everyone from an objectively great offseason that took place before it. If it's felt like the team's moved on faster than most of the fans, that's only because Bears fans are still trying to lower their heart rates from all the online fighting they've done about it, and that takes time.
Luckily, NFL.com is here to help. In a big column touching on all the biggest narratives floating around the league heading into this season, Judy Battista – a senior national columnist for the league – does the lord's work in debunking a little bit of the silly QB convo still happening around the Bears.
NFL columnist explains why Bears fans shouldn't be concerned about Caleb Williams
"Thanks in part to Carl Williams, this is currently the most pervasive narrative in the NFL -- and historically speaking, Williams wasn't wrong. But the Bears have done just about everything possible this offseason to make sure this chatter dies a spectacular death at Soldier Field. New head man Ben Johnson already said he embraces the chance to change the tune for the Bears and Caleb Williams, who showed flashes of promise between taking 68 sacks and enduring a midseason coaching upheaval as a rookie. This offseason, Chicago overhauled its coaching staff and the offensive line, added weapons from the draft like tight end Colston Loveland and receiver Luther Burden III, and generally put Williams at the center of the Bears' universe, where he has belonged all along. Johnson took Jared Goff to another level in Detroit. If the first-time head coach can get Williams to perform the way he was expected to when he left USC, Johnson will have slain one of the NFL's most persistent storylines."
It's not that Battista points out anything that Bears fans don't already know, but it's nice to see, like, 200 words of good news that immediately follow the name 'Carl Williams.' It helps to remind everyone that one single Seth Wickersham story – no matter how devastatingly true it was – can't totally wipe out the good vibes from the offseason. So maybe just print out this paragraph, tape it to your mirror, and practice reciting it every morning. You'll need it at some point this year.