Caleb Williams Can Really Throw That Damn Football

How much you will or won't enjoy the Caleb Williams experience depends almost entirely on the timing of your dosage. Catch him during one of those quarters when the Bears can't buy a first down and all Williams seems capable of doing is avoiding pressure and throwing the ball out of bounds, and you're liable to throw your hands up and conclude that Ben Johnson needs a new quarterback. But catch him when he's in the middle of one of his fourth-quarter comebacks—he's got six this year—and you might think there isn't a better quarterback in the league.

With five minutes left to play in last night's 22-16 win over the Packers, the Bears were trailing 16-6 and Williams had thrown for 129 yards and zero touchdowns. Chicago looked to be headed towards its most dispiriting loss of the season, one that would have dropped them to 0-2 against their division rival and put their playoff hopes at risk. And then Williams started making throws.