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Why Joe Burrow is confident Caleb Williams can follow similar path to stardom as Bengals QB originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Few people have been in Bears quarterback Caleb Williams’ shoes.
But Cincinnati Bengals star quarterback Joe Burrow is uniquely qualified to dissect what the 2024 No. 1 overall pick will face during his rookie season and how he can best ascend to the superstar status he seems destined to hold.
Like Williams, Burrow has a Heisman Trophy at home. Like Williams, Burrow was drafted No. 1 overall by a woebegone franchise in desperate search of a true franchise quarterback.
Burrow knows Williams. The two have a relationship dating back to when Burrow hosted Williams on a recruiting visit to LSU. The Bengals star remembers the ups and downs of his rookie season and knows the mindset Williams will need to weather the good and bad days of a critical development year.
“I think that’s what separates people is when you can maintain a levelheaded, even-keel aura, personality, whatever you want to call it,” Burrow said Thursday after joint practice with the Bears at Halas Hall. “There’s going to be ups and downs. But can you come back the next day and go about your process the same way you did the week before whether you won or whether you’ve lost. Whether you threw four picks or you had five touchdowns. You just have to have the mindset at the end of the day that you’re going to be better.”
To Burrow, the length and physicality of the NFL season hit him hardest during his rookie season in 2020. Williams will have to battle that as he tries to get his promising NFL career off the ground.
“That’s what you don’t realize at the beginning is how long the season is,” Burrow said. “You grow, and you learn as time goes with how to maintain your body and maintain your mind for those tough times. Because week 11 to 15 is a grind. You only get one bye week. My last college year, we had 12 games and two bye weeks. So the season is a grind,…
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Publish date : 2024-08-15 23:57:39
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