By now, the script should feel familiar.
The Bears get knocked down. Hard. The deficit looks insurmountable. The moment feels too big. And then, somehow, Caleb Williams ends up with the ball and time on the clock — and the outcome stops feeling like a question.
Saturday night at Soldier Field was the loudest, wildest version of that story yet. Down 18 points to the Green Bay Packers, staring at the end of a season that had already delivered more than anyone expected, the Bears didn’t flinch. They rallied. Again. And when it mattered most, Williams delivered — again — ripping a 25-yard touchdown pass to DJ Moore with 1:08 left to give Chicago its first playoff win in 15 years.
It defies logic. It defies history. And somehow, with this team, it feels inevitable.
“It’s who we are,” tight end Cole Kmet told reporters after the game.
Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn ImagesWilliams’ 25-yard touchdown pass to DJ Moore with 1:08 left in regulation completed an 18-point comeback and delivered the Chicago Bears their first playoff win in 15 years — a wild, chaotic, unforgettable night that felt tailor-made for this season and this quarterback.
It was eerily reminiscent of the Bears’ Week 16 win over the Green Bay Packers, when Chicago erased a late fourth-quarter deficit, and Williams again found Moore for the game-winner in overtime. Only this time, the stakes were higher, the hole was deeper, and the stage was bigger.
The Bears trailed 21–3 at halftime on Saturday night, left for dead by most of the stadium and nearly everyone watching at home. And then, little by little, they pulled themselves back into it — just like they’ve done all season.
It was the seventh fourth-quarter comeback of the season, a franchise record. It was also the largest comeback in Bears playoff history. Of course it was.
A Tale of Two Halves
The first half belonged entirely to Green Bay. The Packers scored touchdowns on all three of their first-half drives, all through the air, as Jordan Love carved up a Bears defense that looked overwhelmed and overmatched. Love finished the night 24-for-46 for 323 yards and four touchdowns, but most of that damage came early.
Chicago’s lone first-half highlight was a field goal. Everything else felt like it was slipping away.
The second half flipped the script.
The Bears’ defense settled down, cooled off Love, and started forcing punts — four straight at one point — while Williams and the offense slowly chipped away. A D’Andre Swift 5-yard touchdown run with 10:08 left cut the deficit to 21–16 and injected belief back into Soldier Field.
Green Bay answered when rookie wide receiver Matthew Golden — who hadn’t scored a touchdown all season — broke multiple tackles for a score and a 27–16 lead with 6:36 remaining.
Again, it felt over.
Again, Williams said otherwise.
Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn ImagesSignature Drives, Signature Throws
Williams responded with a 10-play, 78-yard drive, finishing it with an 8-yard touchdown to Olamide Zaccheaus and a two-point conversion to rookie tight end Colston Loveland to make it 27–24 with 4:18 left.
After a missed 44-yard field goal by Brandon McManus, the stage was set.
Down three. Less than three minutes left. Season hanging in the balance.
Williams took the Bears 66 yards in six plays — including a ridiculous, falling-away fourth-and-8 completion to Rome Odunze that will live forever in Bears lore — before ripping the game-winning touchdown to Moore.
Ballgame.
Almost.
The defense, written off at halftime, did just enough. Dennis Allen flooded the field with defensive backs, forced Love into a final throw into the end zone, and watched it fall incomplete as time expired.
Williams, History, and Belief
Williams finished 24-for-48 for 361 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions, setting the Bears franchise record for passing yards in a playoff game. Another line in the record book. Another signature win in a season full of them.
After the game, Williams summed it up simply:
“It’s no fluke. … It’s been proven for us to be a great second-half team. … If the game comes down to the final two minutes, I believe in us.”
So does everyone else.
“When the lights are brightest, he’s brighter than the lights,” DJ Moore said of his quarterback after the game.
Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn ImagesWhat It Means
The Bears will now host either the Philadelphia Eagles or the Los Angeles Rams in the divisional round next weekend, depending on Sunday’s outcome between Philadelphia and the San Francisco 49ers.
More importantly, they’re still playing.
This is who the 2025 Bears are — a team that refuses to die, that makes no sense until it makes all the sense in the world, and that keeps finding itself with the ball in Caleb Williams’ hands when everything is on the line.
The Packers spent all week talking about ending the Bears’ season.
They almost did.
But at this point, Caleb Williams and the Bears can’t be denied.
Game Balls
Caleb Williams: 24-48, 361 YDS, 2 TD Colston Loveland: 8 REC, 137 YDS DJ Moore: 6 REC, 64 YDS, TDMore on the Chicago Bears’ Wild Card Win
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