CHI 27
SEA 19Final
Week 8
Is Caleb Williams the best No. 1 overall pick since Andrew Luck? Trevor Lawrence is starting to establish himself as a top QB in the league, while Jared Goff and Baker Mayfield have been good—if shy of MVP candidacy—since finding homes in Detroit and Tampa Bay, respectively. Joe Burrow, having appeared in a Super Bowl as a sophomore, is the obvious and correct retort. But something about Williams feels even more swaggering than Joe Shiesty.
Maybe it is just that Williams feels like the breakthrough in Chicago’s decades-long quarterback drought, Soldier Field being so parched that Jay Cutler once appeared to be the savior. Goff replaced Stafford; Mayfield came after Brady. Hell, even Lawrence had to follow in the footsteps of a legend: Gardner Minshew (just ask the Cowboys). Williams arrived in the wake of Mitch Trubisky and Justin Fields, which was the perfect framing to accentuate his already irresistible game.