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Brad Biggs: Can Caleb Williams reverse decades of Bears QB problems? The timing couldn’t be better.

Chicago Bears history is intertwined with so much that is great about the tapestry of professional football. The evolution of the middle linebacker position can be traced back more than seven decades through some of the greatest to play it: from Bill George to Dick Butkus to Mike Singletary to Brian Urlacher. Three of the game’s most electric running backs — Walter Payton, Gale Sayers and Red ...
Caleb Williams, left, poses with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected first overall by the Chicago Bears during the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft at Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza on Thursday, April 25, 2024 in Detroit.

Chicago Bears history is intertwined with so much that is great about the tapestry of professional football.

The evolution of the middle linebacker position can be traced back more than seven decades through some of the greatest to play it: from Bill George to Dick Butkus to Mike Singletary to Brian Urlacher. Three of the game’s most electric running backs — Walter Payton, Gale Sayers and Red Grange — starred for the organization.

Owner George Halas had his fingerprints on much of what helped the NFL develop in its formative stages. One of his final

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