Dan Wiederer: Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels. Friday’s big stage at the NFL combine provided can’t-miss theater.
INDIANAPOLIS — It’s 6:54 on the first morning of March and the sun has not made it above the modest downtown skyline. Yet inside Great Hall J of the Indianapolis Convention Center, a media horde has begun to assemble.
It’s more than an hour before the first prospect interview at the NFL scouting combine. But it’s never too early to start jockeying for space and claiming territory, particularly on a morning like this and especially for those who cover the Chicago Bears, owners of the Nos. 1 and 9 selections in next month’s draft.
Not surprisingly, among the two dozen or so people in the room, the first six to arrive at the foot of Podium 4 are Bears reporters, with candles burnt on both ends from a long week but eager to learn more about several of the highest-profile prospects general manager Ryan Poles is considering as cornerstones in his championship build.
Offensive skill players are on the Friday docket for the media portion of the grueling five-day combine itinerary. And over a three-hour span, 82 prospects are scheduled to speak, including six or
