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Amid the Bears’ arduous rebuild under general manager Ryan Poles, which is now in Year 4, they’ve caught some breaks. The biggest by far was the sequence of unexpected events that led to them landing the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 draft.
It’ll probably take three seasons to evaluate whether they got it right by taking Caleb Williams, and the Bears are hoping an upgraded offensive line and new coach Ben Johnson will propel him to reach his potential, but it was a good year to have first choice in a quarterback-rich draft.