NFC Notes: Caleb Williams, Josh Jacobs, Bears, Packers, Vikings

Bears

Bears LB Tremaine Edmunds said first-round QB Caleb Williams has been showing some encouraging signs in practice. 

โ€œHeโ€™s competitive,โ€ Edmunds, via BearsWire. โ€œAs a rookie, heโ€™s doing some things that are good to see. Thatโ€™s the thing that gets me most excited and I think gets our team most excited.โ€

Bears RB Dโ€™Andre Swift has noticed Williams working hard to learn their offense and is doing a good job with his development. 

โ€œYou could tell itโ€™s natural to him,โ€ Swift said. โ€œYou could tell heโ€™s trying to get comfortable with the offense and everything, commanding the offense. You stand in the huddle with a whole new set of faces, new group of guys, so it takes time for somebody to get comfortable and for that to be repetition-like. Heโ€™s doing a great job so far taking it day-by-day. I talked to him about it the other day. Heโ€™s doing great so far.โ€

Packers

Green Bay moved on from RB Aaron Jones and signed RB Josh Jacobs in free agency despite Jones coming on strong to end the 2023 season. Jacobs isnโ€™t trying to replicate what Jones did and is zeroed in on impacting a postseason run. 

โ€œGreat dude and obviously heโ€™s a legend around here just for what heโ€™s done in his time that heโ€™s been here,โ€ Jacobs said, via Matt Schneidman of The Athletic. โ€œI donโ€™t really consider myself coming in and replacing what heโ€™s done. I just try to hold that standard.โ€

โ€œWhen I judge running backs or just players in general, itโ€™s like OK, yeah, you can be good, but are you good when it matters? When it matters the most? In the biggest moments, in the biggest games, thatโ€™s where you leave your mark. Being a guy that has a lot of history and especially with the Raiders program, in the top three in almost every category since Iโ€™ve been there, it doesnโ€™t really mean nothing because we didnโ€™t win. Being able to leave a legacy is something that I think about now, being older. Playing playoff football and obviously trying to get a ring is the only thing thatโ€™s really on my mind.โ€

Vikings

Vikings CB Byron Murphy said he wants to finish his career in Minnesota.

โ€œI gotta say since Iโ€™ve been here since day one, I fell in love so I donโ€™t want to go nowhere. I want to stay here for the rest of my career. So Iโ€™m gonna try to work my ass off to stay here for sure,โ€ he said, via Vikings Wire.

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