* The Bears traded the No. 9 overall pick in 2023 to the Philadelphia Eagles for the No. 10 overall pick and the fourth-round pick that landed them Tory Taylor in the 2024 NFL Draft. The team then traded away the No. 61 pick in 2023 to move up to No. 56 and take Tyrique Stevenson.

Following the first round on Thursday night, NFL.com's Jeffri Chadiha handed out his list of winners and losers from the draft, and at the top of their list was Chicago's second-year quarterback. Here's why Williams was dubbed one of the biggest winners after the first round:

Chicago's 2024 selections dripped with promise as the Bears selected USC's Caleb Williams with the the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL draft. That was followed shortly there after by Washington's Rome Odunze, taken No. 9 overall.