JEREMY ALLEN WHITE, the star of the Chicago-based TV series "The Bear," was signing autographs recently when a fan asked him to make a claw gesture.
The actor obliged, perhaps not realizing he was contributing to a trend created by Chicago Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams.
"People love the Bear claw," Williams told ESPN.
Bears fans love just about anything associated with Williams, who the Bears took with the No. 1 draft pick on April 25. And Williams has been working at cultivating that relationship with a fan base who hasn't had a franchise quarterback since Sid Luckman in the 1940s.