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Patrick Finley

Chicago Bears reporter

Patrick Finley covers the Chicago Bears for the Chicago Sun-Times.

The Bears began signing undrafted free agents not long after the end of the NFL Draft on Saturday.
Everyone’s got their origin story. This is Caleb Williams’.
The Bears ended up taking five players after giving up a 2025 fourth-rounder to pick Kansas defensive end Austin Booker in the fifth round.
Months before Rome Odunze ever shared an airplane ride with new Bears teammate Caleb Williams, he was forced into a two-day road trip.
Caleb Williams is No.1 in more ways than, well, one.
Hours after Williams said he asked the Bears for reasons why the team had a well-worn history of quarterback struggles, GM Ryan Poles said that “we’ve got to stop going back all the time.”
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McCarthy, who went to Nazareth Academy in La Grange Park before starring at Michigan, will now play for the Bears’ rivals in Minnesota.
“My last goal is immortality,” Williams said two hours after the Bears made him their first-ever No. 1 overall pick at quarterback. “The only way to reach that is winning championships.’'