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Book: Bill Belichick, Sean Payton had concerns about Caleb Williams' college film

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Neither Bill Belichick nor Sean Payton, two of the NFL’s most respected NFL head coaches, were particularly enamored with Caleb Williams’ film coming out of college — not that either had a legitimate chance of drafting the USC star in 2024.

Packers coach Matt LaFleur, though, was wowed by Williams as far back as high school, when he turned to a counselor at a passing camp and asked, “Who the [heck] is that?”

The differences in opinion about Williams is documented in Seth Wickersham’s book, “American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback,” which will be released Sept.