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Caleb Williams Steps Into the Moment
Williams sounds like a quarterback settling into both the stage and the stakes.
With the playoffs within reach and the Green Bay Packers rolling into Soldier Field for a primetime showdown, Caleb Williams sounds like a quarterback settling into both the stage and the stakes.
The Bears have evolved around him since the bye week, their identity sharpening, their run game humming, the details of Ben Johnson’s offense crystallizing. And Williams, for all the outside noise, sees the same evolution unfolding within himself.
“I would say us getting our run game going after the bye week … that helps everything for a quarterback,” Williams said on Tuesday, before pivoting to what truly excites him: the growth in the passing game’s precision. “The details … we’ve been getting better with that.”
This is a quarterback who knows he’s changing in real time. Even when those changes aren’t immediately visible to the outside world, Williams feels them stacking week over week.
“I’ve felt this way the whole season,” he said. “When Coach and I go back and watch, we can look at things that maybe y’all don’t know. … The confidence in myself, but also within the offense and trust with Coach, has grown.”
That confidence is the through-line — not arrogance, but the self-belief required to play quarterback in the NFL. “I think all quarterbacks have a little bit of an arrogant confidence,” Williams said. “My confidence is always strong. … With the group around me, it’s through the roof.”
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