Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams already finds himself in elite company in team history, but he could still rewrite the club’s record books.
Williams had one of the best games of his NFL career against the 49ers on Sunday, throwing for 330 yards and a pair of touchdowns while posting a passer rating of 100.3, his fifth game this season with a rating of over 100.
Williams also managed to go the entire game without being backed for the second straight week as he continues to improve on his rookie year numbers in that category.
With his Sunday performance, Williams is now at 3,730 passing yards on the season, with 25 touchdowns and six interceptions on the year.
So where does that leave Williams in his pursuit of history with the Bears? Here’s a breakdown.
*Note: All statistics were obtained using Pro Football Reference’s StatHead tool
One Record Definitely Within Williams’ Grasp
Thanks to his performance against the 49ers on Sunday, Williams is now within striking distance of setting the Bears’ single-season passing yards record in the final game of the regular season.
That mark currently belongs to Erik Kramer, who threw for 3,838 yards during the 1995 season with the Bears.
As things stand, Williams is just the third Bears quarterback to throw for more than 3,700 yards in a season, joining Kramer and Jay Cutler in that club.
A Charter Franchise On the Outside Looking In
The Bears have the most Hall of Famers of any team in league history and a host of other accomplishments, but there is one thing that no Bears quarterback has ever done:
Throw for 4,000 yards in a season.
While Bears fans won’t be surprised by that, the team is also the only one in NFL history to never have a 4,000-yard passer, with even teams like the Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals having quarterbacks to hit that milestone.
If Williams wants to become the first Bears quarterback to hit that mark, and to put an end to one of the most pitiful statistics of all time, he’ll need to throw for 270 or more yards against the Lions on Sunday.
Williams has exceeded 270 yards passing in four games this season, including the season-high 330 yards he put up against the 49ers on Sunday.
In his last game against the Lions, Williams threw for 207 yards and a pair of touchdowns, so he’ll need to step up his game against head coach Ben Johnson’s former team.
Is There Any Other History Williams Can Make?
Surprisingly, Williams is just the fourth quarterback in Bears history to throw 25 touchdown passes in a season, hitting that mark on Sunday against San Francisco.
He is the first Bears quarterback to do so since Cutler hit the mark twice, with the all-time record belonging to Kramer, who threw 29 touchdown passes in the 1995 season.
That would mean Williams would have to throw four touchdowns against the Lions to tie the record and five to break it. He has thrown four touchdown passes in a game twice in his career, including earlier this season against the Dallas Cowboys.
For those curious, four Bears quarterbacks have thrown for five or more touchdowns in a single game, with Mitchell Trubisky the last to hit the mark when he tossed six touchdowns against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2018.
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