In one throw — one moonshot into the north end zone — Caleb Williams erased decades of dread, heartbreak, and quarterback envy that have defined the Chicago Bears’ existence against the Green Bay Packers. Sure, it goes into the standings as one win. But let’s be honest: for an entire generation of Bears fans, it was the throw. The most important, cathartic, emotional, rivalry-rewriting throw most of us have ever seen.
The Bears didn’t just beat the Packers 22-16 in overtime. They exorcised something.
They moved to 11-4, now holding a 74 percent chance to win the NFC North after ripping out a game the Packers — and everyone watching — thought was theirs. Green Bay’s backup QB Malik Willis nearly pulled off a Lambeau-to-Soldier sweep. Ben Johnson was outcoached for long stretches. The Bears were sloppy, inconsistent, and staring at a 10-point deficit with two minutes left.
Syndication: The Post-CrescentAnd then the football gods finally flipped the script.
A Cairo Santos field goal.
A successful onside kick (when’s the last time that sentence wasn’t followed by despair?).
A fourth-and-goal touchdown to Jahdae Walker against an all-out blitz.
A defensive stand in overtime after a botched Packers snap.
And then — the throw.
Williams rolled into the moment as if he’d been waiting for it his entire life, dropped back, and launched a 46-yard rainbow to DJ Moore with Keisean Nixon draped in coverage. The ball hung. Soldier Field held its breath. Moore elevated. And suddenly, all the years of Rodgers owning this rivalry, all the Favre ghosts, all the heartbreak, all the “same old Bears” narratives dissolved in an instant.
History rewritten. In Chicago’s house. By Chicago’s quarterback.
For our entire lifetimes, it was always the Packers who had that guy. Now it’s the Bears.
Mark Hoffman-USA TODAY Network via Imagn ImagesWilliams’ late-game sequence is one fans will tell their kids about. The 53-yard regulation drive, the poise on fourth-and-goal, the patience in overtime, and the confidence of a quarterback who genuinely believes — and said just days ago — that in those moments, the ball should be in his hands. He wanted it. He demanded it. And he delivered it.
“When that moment comes up again, I think nine times out of 10 that I’ll hit,” he said after the loss at Lambaeu two weeks ago.
He hit. All of Chicago felt the impact.
The Packers came into the night hunting for the division lead. They left clinging to the seventh seed and staring up at a Bears team that suddenly controls everything: the NFC North, a playoff clinch scenario as early as Sunday, and the inside lane to a home playoff game.
Add this one to the list of miraculous wins — Raiders, Commanders, Bengals, Giants, Vikings — but elevate it above the rest. Because nothing compares to beating that team, in that fashion, with that throw.
The Bears didn’t just survive.
They believed. They rallied. They stunned. And they announced, in the loudest way possible, that the quarterback advantage in this rivalry finally belongs on the Chicago sideline.
Caleb Williams didn’t just win a game tonight.
He became the guy the Packers have to fear.
What’s Next?
The Bears don’t just wake up 11–4 — they wake up in a completely different reality. One where they control the division, control their destiny, and, for the first time in a generation, control the storyline in a rivalry that has shaped this franchise for decades.
Saturday night didn’t just shift momentum; it reshaped expectations. The Bears now stand a game and a half ahead of Green Bay with two weeks to play, holding a 74% chance to win the NFC North and a path toward hosting a playoff game at Soldier Field for the first time since many of these players were in grade school.
But nothing is finished yet, and the Bears know it. A Lions loss on Sunday could clinch a playoff berth before Chicago even takes the field again, but this team hasn’t carried itself like a group satisfied with simply getting in. They’ve become a team that believes — truly believes — it can win close games, outlast chaos, and deliver in the moments that define seasons.
They’ve done it in Vegas, Washington, Cincinnati, New York, Minnesota, and now in the most cathartic win of the Caleb Williams era. The challenge now is to bottle that belief and bring it into the final two weeks.
Syndication: The Post-CrescentGame Balls
Caleb Williams: 19-34, 250 YDS, 2 TD, 0 INT, 98.9 RTG DJ Moore: 5 REC, 97 YDS, 1 TD Kyle Monangai: 5 CAR, 50 YDS (5.6)More on the Chicago Bears’ Win
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