Bears quarterback Caleb Williams did well enough in the biggest moments to lead the team to a division title and a thrilling playoff win over the Packers last season, but there are still those who feel Williams doesn’t do enough in the more routine moments.
That school of thought holds that completing 58.1 percent of their passes puts Williams and the Bears in a position to have to play from behind or in tight games more often than they would if he was more accurate over the long term. During an appearance on Pardon My Take, Williams said that he’s never found himself saying that his critics are correct before explaining how his style of play and willingness to throw a ball away when necessary contribute to the low percentage.
Williams said that he’s more concerned with “how they win games” than the numbers, but said the team will improve on that front anyway.
“Obviously I want to get that up, get the completion percentage up,” Williams said. “Some of the things that I do on the field, it negatively impacts that. But we’ll get it up just to shut everybody up and help them understand. . . . We’ll get it up, we’ll make everybody’s heart feel warm and lovely, and it’ll also help us in the long run of winning games and starting games better, starting games faster, doing all those things.”
Williams’s point about winning against stats could be underlined by the fact that his completion percentage dropped while the Bears surged in 2025. If everything moves upward in Year 3, there should be fewer doubts about what the quarterback brings to the table.
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