Caleb Williams will be the NFL's #1 overall... crybaby?

What is the least acceptable excuse for a football team captain to cry during a game?

  • 10. Never

    Votes: 3 16.7%
  • 9. Realization the world is about to end (e.g. nuclear war, aliens, asteroid strike)

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • 8. Informed that a significant other / close family member has just died

    Votes: 2 11.1%
  • 7. Severe injury to another player on the field

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • 6. Severe injury to himself

    Votes: 2 11.1%
  • 5. Tear gas / pepper spray / other chemical agent deployed and it gets in his eye

    Votes: 3 16.7%
  • 4. Nearing the end and it's the last game he'll ever play

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 3. Loses important postseason / championship game

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 2. Wins important postseason / championship game

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • 1. Loses a regular season game his team was not expected to win

    Votes: 4 22.2%
  • I don't take part in polls because I like to stick zucchinis, gourds and large fruit up my bum.

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • Total voters
    18
Needs a visit from John Matuszak, Lyle Alzado, Jack Lambert and Ray Nitschke.
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If I was a football exec and saw that, I would not have drafted him. He's not tough enough to be in the league.
He’s not tough enough? The dude has taken a beating all season long. He’s gotten up and kept his mouth shut. The one thing I’ve learned from him this yr is that he is tough as hell
 
He’s not tough enough? The dude has taken a beating all season long. He’s gotten up and kept his mouth shut. The one thing I’ve learned from him this yr is that he is tough as hell
Not quite. He's been derided both in Chicago and by national media:


Now, at least some of that is rookie adjustment, and yes- he hasn't been over the top, going into the stands to sob on mommy's shoulder. But that's expected, not something to be celebrated.

The greater issue here is better exemplified in this article. The Bears, like the Browns and Jets, is plagued with a particular kind of organizational mismanagement, where it believes the salvation lies in a messiah-like QB, and that everything else will magically fall into place. Chicago, if it was anything close to a well-run organization, would've traded down in the draft, and fill needed positions. A couple of seasons with Trubisky or even Fields as QB could've been winning seasons and maybe with a playoff win or two. Instead, we all know what's going to happen in 2025: Chicago will take a WR like Tetairoa McMillan or Luther Burden in the first round to shore up Williams. Then in 2026, it will take another 1st round QB and/or fire the OC. It's predictable and tragic.
 
He’s not tough enough? The dude has taken a beating all season long. He’s gotten up and kept his mouth shut. The one thing I’ve learned from him this yr is that he is tough as hell

The articles says his teammates disagree with your assessment. I give their views more weight.
 
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