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Welcome in. It is hour two in Chicago. It is the herd. So J-Mack, a year ago, a little more than a year ago. I went on the air before the draft. And I said I have a pretty good contact with Caleb Williams.

He's going to be the number one pick.

But there are concerns about the Chicago Bears.

It would not be his first pick because of the history of the franchise.

And I think it's, I've said this before.

The harder you work, the better you are as a college athlete, the worst team you go to.

If you're a young lawyer, a young architect, a young tech star, you can go to a better company.

Kevin Durant's going to a worst team out of college or John Wall or whoever is the best player. So I said, there's real, there's some real concerns about Chicago, but my source told me

he doesn't want to be a bad guy, it's a great city, he's just going to make the most

of it.

Well, I got assailed, I got ripped by Chicago radio personalities. Very sad, very hurtful.

Well, what do you know? Seth Wickersham, who is one of the best at what he does in the country,

a journalist for ESPN reports that Caleb and his family, weighed blowing up the entire draft, consulting with lawyers to figure out a way around

the league's collective bargaining agreement.

Considered signing with a UFL just not to go to Chicago.

Caleb told his father he wanted to play for the Vikings after meeting Kevin O'Connell.

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