“(I feel) very normal, very calm,” he said Wednesday. “I prepared myself mentally for it. And I also prepared myself physically to put myself in this position for the past 12 years now. So I’m ready for the moment, ready to go, ready to lock and load.”

As for his day-before-the-wedding note to Bears fans?

“I can’t wait,” Williams said. “All I’ve heard is great things about you all. And I’m ready to go.”

A lot to learn

Wednesday’s availability with Williams came with a bit of a Super Bowl media day feel — not only in the mob of reporters that swarmed the quarterback to pepper him with questions, but also in the wide range of subjects covered. From football philosophy to style preferences to Hollywood name-drops.

Williams offered his suggestion for whom the Bears should choose with the No. 9 pick: Penn State offensive tackle Olu Fashanu, who, not coincidentally, was a teammate at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C.

Williams later shared the most famous contact in his iPhone: Denzel Washington.

And when a young girl asked what advice he would give his 13-year-old self, Williams smiled.

“Keep going,” he said. “Keep going. You’re going to do it.”

You can learn a lot about a person in such settings. And it became apparent Williams also has a lot to learn about Chicago, the city counting on him to be its quarterback savior. For real this time.

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