ESPN trying to stir up non-issue regarding Bears’ QB Caleb Williams

ESPN is on coverage overload when it comes to Chicago Bears’ rookie quarterback Caleb Williams. We get it, Williams is a special talent who was drafted first overall by a team that has historically been bad at drafting and developing quarterbacks. The narrative is there, but at a certain point - and ESPN has reached that point, you can dig too deep for news.

This was exactly the case with ESPN Radio’s recent post on X (formerly twitter). The video post is a clip from ESPN Radio’s Unsportsmanlike with the title “Did the Chicago Bears select the wrong QB?” In the clip, former NFL defensive lineman Chris Canty gives his take on Caleb Williams’ favorable situation he’s walking into in Chicago and raves about his talent.

From a talent standpoint, [Williams] has a lot more raw materials to work with than Jayden Daniels in Washington. Why are we supposed to believe that Jayden Daniels is going to show so much better than Caleb Williams in their rookie years.

So, why the doom and gloom headline that contradicts Canty’s argument in the video? It could be a continuation of the argument brought up last week on ESPN’s Get Up. In one segment, analyst Booger McFarland created the hypothetic scenario that Washington Commanders’ rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels was the better choice in the draft.

Or, it could just be that ESPN is looking to draw attention any way necessary during slow news periods, even if it means creating a misleading title. Either way, trying to manufacture news by deceptive headlines or hypothetic scenarios that may or may not happen is becoming common for ESPN.

Training Camp just started, and the analysis and updates will soon be pouring in, but ESPN’s impatience is causing the network to look silly (and deceiving) by making up non-issues. This time between the NFL Draft and preseason can be slow when it comes to news, but misleading headlines and analyzing players who haven’t even taken the field yet is silly and screams desperation.