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.”
David Banks-Imagn ImagesCaleb Williams Looks Like a Young Quarterback Hitting a Rhythm
Sunday’s win over Cleveland felt like a step toward a version of the Bears’ offense that keeps flashing but hasn’t fully arrived. Williams described that growing rhythm as part of “constant growth,” another incremental layer of comfort. The result was one of his cleanest performances of the year, capped by a rolling, late-window touchdown strike to DJ Moore — a throw he sees only one way.
“When I let the ball go, I’m pretty sure there’s not going to be a bad play,” Williams said. “If anything, the bad play is an incompletion.”
The throw went viral, eventually landing in a side-by-side comparison with Joe Montana. “It popped up this morning,” he admitted on Tuesday. “It was a cool comparison.” Not a coronation, not a proclamation. Just another mile marker in a season full of them.
I put together a side by side of The Catch (Montana to Clark, 1/10/82) and Caleb to DJ from Sunday (12/14/25). #DaBears #Bears #BearDown @CALEBcsw @idjmoore pic.twitter.com/YDIvWdoucg
— Ryan Droste (@ryandroste) December 16, 2025Williams’ comfort stems in part from the group protecting him — the “Avengers,” as he now publicly and affectionately calls his offensive line. Center Drew Dalman is “the Hulk,” left guard Joe Thuney is “Dr. Strange,” and the rest of the line fills out the cast. It’s playful, but it’s also a window into how Williams sees the people who control the pocket his career will be built inside.
“He’s the brains in all of it,” Williams said of Dalman. “He’s the right guy for the job for us, my future and our future here.”
Mike Dinovo-Imagn ImagesThat’s the other piece of this moment: the Bears are building something. They’re a win away from potentially clinching a playoff berth — unthinkable back in September — and Williams is fully aware of the stage he’s walking into.
“I’m excited for it,” he said of playing at home in primetime. “We want to go out there and play our brand of football… start fast, play physical, execute.”
Packers Week, Parsons or No Parsons
With the Packers arriving without Micah Parsons, the challenge changes, but not in the way you might expect.
“I’ve played them without Parsons before,” Williams said. He knows Green Bay still brings pressure, still disguises looks, still prides itself on making young quarterbacks adjust on the fly. That’s the part he embraces. “You get into the game, and you just have to adjust. … Try to make more plays than them, have less negative plays than them.”
The mission is simple. The execution is anything but.
Glasheen USA TODAY NETWORK-WisconsinAs his second NFL regular season barrels toward its final stretch, Williams speaks like someone who understands the weight of the moment without being swallowed by it. Clinching a playoff spot? “It’s another game,” he said. The noise? He waves it off. The confidence? Only growing. The connection with the city? Becoming real.
“I hope to help keep bringing that excitement to this organization,” Williams said. “We want [Bears fans] to be proud to be a Chicago Bears fan.”
And now comes Green Bay — under the lights, with the playoffs on the line, and Williams beginning to look more and more like the quarterback Chicago believed it was getting.
A chance not just to clinch something.
A chance to claim something.
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