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Someone asked Raiders head coach Pete Carroll for a scouting report on Bears quarterback Caleb Williams this week, confident that he had followed his career because of their shared USC ties.
‘‘I did watch him a lot,’’ Carroll said. ‘‘And watched him a lot looking at that job, too.’’
Before Carroll was hired by the Raiders to become the oldest head coach in NFL history — he turned 74 this month — he was one of the Bears’ best-known interviewees. The team met with at least 17 candidates in January before landing Ben Johnson.