>> FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS THIS WEEK MAY JUST TURN OUT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IN THE HISTORY OF THE FRANCHISE.

TODAY THE BEARS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO STAY IN CHICAGO AND BUILD A STATE OF THE ART MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR DOME STADIUM ON THE LAKEFRONT.

AND TOMORROW BEARS ARE EXPECTED TO USE THEIR NUMBER ONE PICK IN THE NFL DRAFT TO BRING IN THEIR QUARTERBACK OF THE FUTURE.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS JAMES BIG CAT WILLIAMS, FORMER OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS.

WELCOME BACK.

JAMES SPREAD SO BEFORE WE GET TO THE DRAFT, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE BEARS PLANS THAT THEY ANNOUNCED TODAY TO BUILD THIS 4.6 BILLION DOLLAR TRANSLUCENT ROOFED STADIUM ON THE LAKEFRONT.

THEY'RE CALLING IT, QUOTE, MIRACULOUS.

MAYOR JOHNSON WAS THERE FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

PRESIDENT KEVIN KEVIN WARREN AS WELL AS GEORGE MCCASKEY.

SO APPARENTLY THE WHOLE GAME IS ON BOARD.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE NEWS THAT THE BEARS WILL STAY IN THE CITY?

>> ALL YOU HAVE THIS BIG PIECE PROPERTY OUT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS THEY PUT A YOU KNOW A LOT OF MONEY FOR AND IT'S A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN BUILD A STADIUM.

THEY CAN PUT TELLS THEY CAN.

I MEAN, IT COULD BE THEIR OWN LITTLE TUNNEL.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING AS FAR AS TALKING ABOUT COMING BACK INTO CHICAGO.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY SEEM TO WORK SOME THINGS OUT.

AND THE MAYOR SEEMS THINK IT'S ALL FINE AND DANDY AND JUST NOT SOLD BECAUSE I MEAN THAT THAT PROPERTY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN SO MONEY FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

>> YOU MENTION ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, THE BEARS COULD HAVE DONE WHAT THEY WANTED.

THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT AS COOL AS BEING ON THE LAKEFRONT.

OF COURSE.

BUT HOW IMPORTANT TO YOU IS IT?

YOU KNOW, AS A FORMER PLAYER, OF COURSE, A FAN THE BEARS STAY IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO >> I THEY'RE STILL CHICAGO BEARS.

IF YOU'RE AN TONIGHT.

I THINK IT'S LIKE YOU SAID IT'S A IT'S A BEAUTIFUL ATMOSPHERE DOWN.

BY THE WAY, AND THE THINGS THEY CAN DO DOWN THERE WILL BE AMAZING.

AS A PLAYER.

I CAN SEE THE LAKE.

>> I'M ON THE FIELD, I CAN SEE THAT YOU KNOW.

SO AS A PLAYER, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

>> THE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO PLAY WHEREVER THE STADIUM, SO NOT GOING TO OVER THE TOP VIEW WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S SOLDIER FIELD ON THE LAKE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT'S WHAT I CALL IT, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COME TO THE CITY TO SO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAN BUILD A FACILITY THAT.

DOES ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY THINK THEY CAN DO AND NOT BRING.

I MEAN, IT'S HARD GETTING INTO SOLDIER FIELD THE TIMES.

HOW ARE YOU GOING?

MAKE IT EASIER OUT WHAT THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE.

IF YOU PUT A BIGGER COMPLEX THERE WITH MORE TRAFFIC, SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TO THE TRAFFIC, I THINK IS PART OF A PLAN.

>> BUT GETTING ON TO THE NFL DRAFT AS WELL GETS UNDERWAY TOMORROW.

BEARS ARE WIDELY EXPECTED TO TAKE USC QUARTERBACK CALEB WILLIAMS WITH THE FIRST OVERALL DRAFT PICK AFTER TREATING JUSTIN FIELDS.

OF OF COURSE, SAID THE TEAM IS BEING KIND OF QUIET ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR TOMORROW.

BUT BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SEEN AND READ ABOUT CALEB WILLIAMS, DO YOU THINK WILL BE A GOOD THING FOR THE I THINK YOU YOU KNOW, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BEARS TO RESTART THE CLOCK WITH A FRESH QUARTERBACK.

>> I THINK YOU'RE BRINGING A QUARTERBACK THAT.

HAS SKILLS HAS HOW IT HAVE TO BE REFINED.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU'RE ALMOST BRINGING YOUNG GUY IN THE SAME POSITION THAT FIELD.

THAT WHAT WE YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU CAN TEACH HIM TO RUN AN OFFENSE, IF YOU CAN RUN AN OFFENSE FOR HIM WITH THE PIECES THAT THEY HAVE NOW PUT AROUND THEM.

IT SHOULD BE VERY AN ARREST.

>> A LOT OF NFL WATCHES.

THEY SAY WILLIAMS IS SORT OF A SPECIAL TALENT, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, GENERATIONAL OR WHAT MAKES EXCITED ABOUT HIM.

AND DO YOU SHARE THAT EXCITEMENT?

>> WELL, I THINK YOU AND YOU LOOK AT YOUNG PLAYER YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR PROBABLY THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS OF POSSIBLY BEING THE FIRST ROUND PICK AND HE'S CARRIED HIMSELF IN THAT WAY.

NOW THEY STRUGGLED USC THE LAST YEAR AND THAT WAS MORE DUE TO THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM.

BUT NOW YOU'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THE DRAFT IS COMING UP AND PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED TALKING ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT HE DOES ON THE FIELD AND THEY STARTED PICKING APART THE LITTLE THINGS THAT HE DOES.

WELL.

HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO GET SOME OF THAT STUFF OUT OF THE SYSTEM.

YOU KNOW, IT'S BUT IF THE BEARS ARE ABLE YOU KNOW, PUT ALL THE PIECES AROUND HIM AND RUN AN OFFENSE.

THAT IS YOUNG QUARTERBACK FRIENDLY BUT CAN STILL GET THE JOB DONE WITH THE PIECES THEY PUT OUR DEFENSE.

ALSO, THEY SAY THE TENSE.

SO ON JUSTIN FIELDS.

A SECOND, THOUGH, DO YOU DO YOU THINK THE BEARS MADE THE RIGHT MOVE IN TREATING HIM OR WHY NOT, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE RATHER THAN PUTTING SO MUCH PRESSURE ON A FUTURE ROOKIE QUARTERBACK.

>> I THINK EVEN THOUGH THE CIRCUMSTANCES WEREN'T IDEAL FOR JUSTIN FIELDS, HE HAD HIS OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW.

AND I DON'T THINK HE GREW FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

SO BRINGING IN YOUNG QUARTERBACK THAT HAS SIMILAR TALENT, SIMILAR SKILL SET.

FRESH FRESH OFF THE WAGON.

YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH THIS GUY AND TAKE HIM FURTHER.

FASHER WITH THE PIECES THEY PUT LIKE I JUSTIN.

YOU KNOW FROM BREAKING THAT TEAM, DOW TO GET THE TEEN TO WHERE IT IS NOW.

I MEAN, IT WASN'T JUST DON'T ROLL, BUT HE STILL HAD TO PERFORM A CERTAIN WAY OR AT A CERTAIN LEVEL IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO SAY WE CAN PASS ON THIS.

>> OKAY.

BE ON THE FIRST PICK IN THE DRAFT.

THERE'S ALSO HAVE THE NUMBER 9 PICK.

WHAT TYPE OF PLAYER WERE THINK THEY NEED TO BE LOOKING I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS HARD BECAUSE PERSONALLY I WANT TO ADD TO WHAT THE BUILDING.

SO AT NUMBER 9, I WANT TO STAY THERE AND I WANT TO PICK A PLAYER.

>> WHETHER IT'S AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, WHETHER IT'S A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, A PLAYER OF NEED.

THAT IS WHAT THEY CONSIDER A BLUE CHIP PLAYER, SOMEBODY THAT IS GOING TO ABLE TO COME IN RIGHT AWAY, BE ABLE TO PLAY.

HE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH GROWING PAINS.

BUT SOMEBODY THAT CAN BE HERE FOR 10, 11, 12 YEARS AS A STAPLE AT ANY POSITION THEY ALL RIGHT.

SO BEARS RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE COMING OFF OF YET ANOTHER LOSING BUT WINNING 7 OF THEIR FINAL 13 GAMES APPARENTLY ON.

>> BIT OF AN UPWARD TRAJECTORY.

ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT THEY REALLY NEED TO STRENGTHEN TO MAKE THEM LEGITIMATE PLAYOFF CONTENDERS OR I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THE WIRE POLL SAID WHEN HE FIRST GOT HERE, WE WANT TO START ON THE OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LINE >> THEY THEY BROUGHT IN A FIRST-ROUND PICK LAST PLAY RIGHT?

TACKLE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG YEAR FOR HIM TO SEE HOW HE PROGRESSES.

PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE SECOND YEAR WAS THE HARDEST BECAUSE AFTER AFTER YOUR COLLEGE SEASON, IT'S FOOTBALL YEAR ROUND FOR HERE.

NOW YOU HAVE AN OFFSEASON.

YOU HAVE TO WORK OUT ON YOUR OWN.

YOU HAVE TO FIGURE SOME THINGS OUT.

SO IF YOU DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE WITH HIS CORE, HE COULD TAKE A STEP BACK, WE'RE HOPING THAT HE HAS THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN CORNER AND HE'S TAKING A STEP FORWARD.

BUT I MEAN, THEY'RE IN A GOOD POSITION RIGHT NOW.

THEY MAY BE THE EDGE RUSHER TO GO OPPOSITE OF SWEAT.

>> SO I I'M GONNA WAIT UNTIL THE START OF THE SEASON TO ASK