Another report about Caleb Williams' demands surfaces: Could a draft-day tumble be on the cards?

In less than two months, Caleb Williams will hear his name called at the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit. But which team is going to select the blue-chip quarterback prospect? Well, no one is really sure.

The Chicago Bears hold the #1 overall pick in the draft, and many expect the long-suffering franchise to select Williams with that top pick...but Chicago has yet to move on from incumbent starter Justin Fields and could be tempted to continue accruing assets from a position of power. There may also be further concerns over Williams' temperament and personality preventing Chicago -- or whoever might get the first overall selection -- from pulling the trigger on the former Heisman Trophy winner.

Williams after an ownership stake?

A report in The Athletic on Wednesday states that Carl Williams, Caleb's father, has been asking NFL agents as to whether there are "loopholes" to get around cheaper rookie contracts once the USC quarterback officially enters the league. He has also reportedly asked whether it would be possible for Caleb to receive an ownership stake in the team that drafts him -- a non-starter in negotiations, as players owning a share of the team for which they play is prohibited by NFL rules.

Carl Williams has made it clear that he is not a fan of the draft process. He has criticized the league for allowing "the worst possible team, the worst organization in the league" the right to pick first overall, unless that pick has been traded, as is the case this year -- the Carolina Panthers would have owned the top pick had they not traded it to the Bears last year.

Carl knows that his son Caleb is a unique case -- no player in NFL history has ever entered the draft having raked in the kind of money that he has, and that has teams questioning how much power they want the Williams entourage to have come April 25.

Williams out to maximize his NFL opportunity

There are nearly 1,700 players across all 32 NFL rosters. That seems like a lot, but compared to the general population of the United States, it is a very small amount of people who become athletes good enough to make the cut in the country's most popular sports league. Therefore, it can be hard to blame a player -- especially a young and highly-touted quarterback like Williams -- for squeezing everything he can out of his chance to play in the NFL.

A franchise like the Bears, or the Washington Commanders, or the Atlanta Falcons, will pursue Williams with one clear goal in mind: win games with him behind center. Williams already has endorsement deals and will garner more in the early stages of his NFL career -- the report from The Athletic stated that Williams has already earned $10 million from his name, image, and likeness while playing for USC.

A team willing to commit to Williams thanks to his prodigious playmaking likely will not mind the "baggage" -- such is the nature of decades of losing that Bears and Commanders fans in particular have had to witness.