Rome Odunze reveals who got to keep the game ball following his first touchdown connection with Caleb Williams
The Chicago Bears got a real taste of what the near future could look like for the offense despite the loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 3.During the game, the Bears top two draft picks, quarterback Caleb Williams and wide receiver Rome Odunze, connected for a highlight touchdown in the fourth quarter. And it […]
The Chicago Bears got a real taste of what the near future could look like for the offense despite the loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 3.
During the game, the Bears top two draft picks, quarterback Caleb Williams and wide receiver Rome Odunze, connected for a highlight touchdown in the fourth quarter. And it was one that was special for more reasons than one.
The 1-yard touchdown on Sunday was the first touchdown of Williams' career and the first touchdown of Odunze's career. After the play, the two had a pretty hilarious moment when was seen Williams chasing down Odunze to get the ball, and the rookie wide receiver wasn't going to let his quarterback take it from him.
It's always a tradition in the NFL that rookies get to keep the game ball following their first NFL touchdown, or even veterans joining new teams. Unfortunately for Williams and Odunze, there was only one ball to take home after the play.
The last we saw, Odunze had possession of the prized football on the sidelines and it seems like that's going to remain the case.
"We're going to cut it in half. He'll get the right, I'll get the left like the Twix factory," Odunze said via Courtney Cronin. "I think he's going to give me this one. He's going to have plenty in his career, a lot more than me, so he blessed me with this first one."
Even before the touchdown, Williams and Odunze were playing extremely well together. By the end of the day, the two connected six times for 112 yards and the one touchdown. Only tight end Cole Kmet had as many targets as Odunze on Sunday.
"I've told Rome that I'm going to get him the ball some more," Williams said after the game. "The routes he runs, the trust and belief that I have in him, that's why I threw that ball to him that ended up being a pick, and I told him that I'll come back to him…
"Some of the after practice reps Rome and I have been getting these last few weeks, I think it pays off and we're going to keep doing it. We want to obviously build that connection and have that trust and belief in each other."
That's exactly what you love to hear coming from two players who have a really high potential playing alongside each other in Chicago.
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