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QB Caleb Williams watches peers race toward playoffs as he picks up the pieces of rookie season gone wrong

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As if it wasn’t bad enough for Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams to watch Jayden Daniels, picked second by the Commanders after Williams went No. 1, outshine him in his hometown as he leads the Commanders toward the playoffs and sprints away with Offensive Rookie of the Year, the other first-round picks have delivered some gut punches along the way.

Patriots quarterback and Williams’ longtime pal Drake Maye, the third pick, came to Soldier Field last month and walked away with a 19-3 win in which he outplayed Williams.

The Broncos’ Bo Nix, a former Pac-12 rival, was the last first-round quarterback at No.