Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!
With the 2025 NFL schedule now out, there are no big events left until training camp, so you might be wondering what we’re going to be talking about in this newsletter for the next two months, and although I have no idea, it will be something, because the NFL news cycle never sleeps.
That being said, the important thing is that I do know what we’ll be talking about today, and that’s the schedule. After breaking down the schedule yesterday, we’re going to break it down even more today by taking a look at the craziest quirks and tracking which teams will be traveling the most miles.
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1. Caleb Williams didn’t want the Bears to draft him
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If Caleb Williams had gotten his way in the NFL Draft last year, he definitely wouldn’t have ended up in Chicago. That’s the main takeaway from “American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback,” a book by ESPN’s Seth Wickersham. ESPN revealed a few tidbits from the book on Thursday and there were some bombshells.
Williams wanted the Vikings to draft him. After meeting with Kevin O’Connell at the 2024 NFL Combine, Williams decided that he absolutely wanted Minnesota to draft him. “I need to go to the Vikings,” he told his father. Williams’ dad, Carl, actually passed the request on to Bears general manager Ryan Poles, but Poles made it clear that the Bears would be drafting Caleb “no matter what.” The twist here is that the Bears will be opening their 2025 season against the Vikings in a Monday night showdown. I’m guessing Williams will be asked about this quite a few times…..
