Rome Odunze on playing with Caleb Williams
Yahoo Fantasy's Matt Harmon and Chicago Bears WR Rome Odunze discuss what it's like playing with QB Caleb Williams. Rome Odunze joins on behalf of Sharpie. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you listen.
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All right, very excited now to be joined by Chicago Bears wide receiver, Rome Odunze, here on behalf of Sharpie.
Rome, what's going on?
Going good, man.
Going good.
yeah, like, like you said, here on behalf of Sharpie.
you know, been, been a good three-year relationship.
Been, been awesome to be with them.
You know, me and Mike Penix kind of started this thing, passed it to, T-Mac and Ashton Jeanty, and now we got- passing the Sharpie to, Jeremiah Love, another great player in the mix.
So excited to add him to the family, and I, I think we're getting TO, too, so we got a legend- Oh.
We got current players, we got a rookie coming in, so yeah.
Complete the whole set there.
Exactly.
Look at that.
Exactly.
By the way, what a pro, just getting the, pitch out- Right ... right, right away.
Right away.
Right away.
Don't, don't even play with it- We ... just send this, you know, do it.
You m- you know, you mentioned Caleb Williams, man.
I think it was fun to watch your guys' connection sort of grow and try to find itself throughout the course of the season.
Mm-hmm.
what is he like as a quarterback in terms of, "Hey, I want you to be here," or, or is he more of, like, a flexible quarterback in that situation?
Yeah, I think he plays both roles for sure.
When the specific routes, where he's like, "I think this will be a good spot for it," he definitely gives- ... his opinions on the thing, and obviously Ben, you know, is very detailed with his, so- Yeah, that, that we know.
Yeah, very detailed with what he wants as well, so he p- tries to play around that a little bit, and they're in conversation about what they want.
But yeah, I think it's a good mix.
He, you know, does a great job of kind of letting receivers run their thing, but when he wants to add in some input, you know, to get us the ball, at the end of the day, he, he's not, hesitant to share that.
And I will say, I mean, again, I'm very excited to see this offense sort of in the second year- ... the second iteration, because I think it goes under-discussed, like what a big transition that was from what you guys were doing in your rookie year to then this year.
And I'm sure for you, it's almost like, not that your head's swimming in one year, but I mean, this year, do you feel like you're gonna come back in and be like, "All right, I kinda know what I'm doing"?
It's like y- your second year in a school, you know?
Yeah.
Like sophomore year, "Okay, I know the, know the way around.
I don't need a map anymore," and in that way, you- Yeah ... can just sort of kinda add on and improve from there.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
With the new offense, I think, you know, I was kind of with that feeling, obviously going through training camp and- Sure ... you know, having the, the beginning of the season that I had, I was like, "Man, I'm, I'm ready to take off," you know?
I feel like I was in that, that mode, and, and that's why I have so much confidence that I'm, you know, gonna go do that going forward because, you know, I've felt that before.
I've felt what that's gonna be like, you know, with another year under my belt, with the experiences that I've had.
you know, now I've dealt with, you know, maybe, an offensive, you know, type of season, offensive lull type of season.
I've dealt with an injury type of season.
I think those are the two, the two biggest things that can hold a receiver back, maybe, in this league.
So, I've got an elite quarterback, so I don't gotta worry about that.
That helps, right?
Um- Yeah.
So, you know, at the end, I think it, it's, all ahead of me.
