The catch was spectacular. The loss still stings. And as far as the Chicago Bears are concerned, both are firmly in the rearview mirror.
Cole Kmet and Caleb Williams spoke to the media Monday as the Bears opened their offseason program at Halas Hall, and the message from both (echoing what Ben Johnson has been preaching since the final seconds of that divisional round loss to the Rams) was consistent: last year was a good year, not the last good year, and there’s a significant gap between a breakthrough season and the thing this team is actually building toward.
Kmet was characteristically direct about how the 2025 season is typically discussed. That fourth-and-4 heave from Williams, backpedaling, off his back foot, to the corner of the end zone (a catch that tied the game in the final seconds of regulation against the Rams in January) has taken on a life of its own.
Kmet has seen the clip. Many times. “I have to remind people that we lost the frickin’ game,” he said Monday at Halas Hall.
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