Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 21, 2025
In first season with coach Ben Johnson, Bears QB Caleb Williams is checking some important boxes
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams #18 runs onto the field for warm-ups before the Bears take on the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-TimesAshlee Rezin/Sun-Times
The Bears have a starting quarterback who rarely throws interceptions, whose coach says he’s playing his best football of the season in the thick of a playoff race and who repeatedly has made incredible plays with the game on the line — most recently a touchdown bomb to topple their archrival.
Sure, Caleb Williams isn’t perfect. But that’s a pretty good start toward becoming a franchise quarterback.
