Windy City Gridiron
Congratulations, Bears fans! We are technically on win streak number two of the 2025 season, and boy does that feel good to say. The Chicago Bears scored two late touchdowns against the New York Giants to steal a 24-20 victory on Sunday at Soldier Field.
It was a snowy, sloppy, and often frustrating afternoon, but Caleb Williams pushed through a litany of drops and a few of his own misses to lead the Bears to their fourth fourth-quarter comeback of the six wins they have this season. It’s something he’s made a habit of doing all year.
Let’s rewind three weeks to the Bears’ 30-16 loss to the Ravens. After that game, Ben Johnson was asked about Caleb Williams’ performance and said, “He played better this game than I think he had the previous two. When you look at it, all 60 minutes, and I’m not saying it’s perfect. I actually came away, from watching the tape this morning, encouraged that we took a step in the right direction here this week.”
Since that loss, Caleb Williams has continued to build on that step. Last week, he set a career high in On-Target Percentage at 84.6%, which came with his highest graded score of 2025, a 5.15. This week, he topped that with a 7.10, the best grade of his career and the second-highest quarterback grade of the 2025 season.
So, how does a stat line of 20 completions on 36 attempts for a 55.6% completion rate, 220 yards, two total touchdowns (one rushing), and an 83.1 passer rating end up graded so highly?
For starters, there were plenty of plays left on the field because of untimely drops. Three of those drops alone accounted for 75 unadjusted yards and two touchdowns. Two of the throws were graded as “Elite” and the other as “Great.” On top of that, a late pass interference on Rome Odunze wiped out another potential deep touchdown on a corner route.
Despite all the miscues, including several on crucial downs, Williams still posted a 56% success rate this week, which would rank at the top of the league over the course of a season.
When you add it all up, that’s more than 100 yards and three touchdowns worth of “Elite” plays that never made it into the box score. And even with those left on the field, this Bears offense sits at number one in big plays through ten weeks of the NFL season.
As always we will take a look at some metrics and nots and get into some play breakdown afterwards.
(Totals and averages are all before week 10: Season totals are underlined, Season averages in Italics)
C/A: 158/257 (61.5%) | 19.8/32.1 (61.7%) | 20/36 (55.6%)
Yards: 1916 | 233.7 | 288
Touchdowns: 14 | 1.8 | 2
Turnovers: 4 | 0.5 | 0
QB at Fault Sacks: 7 | 0.9 | 0
aDOT: *8.*7 | 11.0
Passer Rating: 92.2 | 83.1
True Passer Rating: 130.1| 135.2
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