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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Examining the coverage of Caleb Williams

Spiegel & Holmes Show

Audacy

Sports

4.6632 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Laurence Holmes and Sarah Spain discussed how the coverage of Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is affected by the current media landscape.

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0:00.0

Caleb Williams and jumping up and laying in the arms of family there.

0:09.0

Yeah.

0:10.0

Tough night.

0:11.0

I want to go home and cuddle with my dog and watch some shows.

0:15.0

I don't know what I like, you know.

0:17.0

Let me see those nails down, bro!

0:19.0

Let me see those nails now, bro. Let me see those nails now, bro.

0:21.4

Come on.

0:24.5

The Bears have a quarterback that, in my opinion, I think there are a lot of people that are out to get them.

0:30.3

And I know that I sound like I'm paranoid.

0:33.0

I feel like I'm the one that's doing dope.

0:35.0

But I think that this is one of those opportunities where there are a lot of people just kind of been waiting for there to be some cracks and then go,

0:43.9

oh, see, this is all the stuff that we thought about in the pre-draft experience.

0:49.5

But I agree with Sarah Spain, who was sitting in today for Matt Spiegel, that considering what went

0:56.6

down last year, the young man has handled things quite well. Yeah. And I think a lot of the

1:03.5

expectations or opinions of him came from, first of all, the rumors and the leaks about him not

1:08.5

wanting to come to Chicago, which gets you off on the wrong foot. And then the dumb things like the fingernails. You have this generational shift, I think,

1:16.5

away from stereotypical masculinity being the only possible option. And that show of strength has to be,

1:25.7

you know, I'm going to go cut some wood, eat a raw steak, and bite off a kneecap, right?

1:30.3

Like that's what we need from our quarterback. Even though like we're starting to really understand that

1:35.6

addressing your mental health and having, you know, a better perspective on everything will

1:41.2

probably actually make you more successful as a person and as an athlete, but the older generation hasn't gotten there yet. So they see something like the fingernails or

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