Caleb Williams Impresses NFL Fans Despite Bears' Loss to Love, Packers on Blocked FG

The first game with Thomas Brown as offensive coordinator provided a much-needed boost for Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears, but it wasn't enough in a 20-19 loss to the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field.

One week after the Kansas City Chiefs won a game by blocking a field goal as time expired, Cairo Santos' 46-yard attempt for the Bears with three seconds remaining was blocked by Karl Brooks.

Williams did a great job setting up what would have been his first career game-winning drive. After being sacked on consecutive plays to set up a third-and-19 from his own 21-yard line, Williams hit Rome Odunze on back-to-back throws for 37 yards.

Chicago snapped its streak of 26 consecutive drives without a touchdown on Roschon Johnson's one-yard score late in the first half.

That was the first of three straight scoring drives for the Bears. They got a field goal on their first possession of the third quarter, followed by D'Andre Swift's 39-yard score on the next drive.

It turns out that when Williams isn't being sacked on every other dropback, he's capable of being an effective player. The rookie quarterback had one of his best games of the season, finishing 23-of-31 for 231 yards through the air and 70 rushing yards on nine carries.

The running element was something that had been missing from Williams' game in the past two weeks. He had a total of six rushing attempts in losses to the Arizona Cardinals and New England Patriots.

Despite the loss, fans and analysts came away impressed with Williams' rebound performance after a recent rough stretch.

There are still some things that Williams and the offense need to clean up. Even though he was only sacked three times in the game, two of them coming on the final drive really put them behind the eight ball.

Ultimately, though, this is yet another missed opportunity for head coach Matt Eberflus. The Bears got into field goal position on Keenan Allen's 12-yard reception to get the ball to the Packers' 30-yard line with 35 seconds remaining.

The Packers also used a timeout at that point to get the replay official to review the catch, which was confirmed. Even though the clock was stopped with time to run multiple plays that could set up an easier kick, Johnson ran for two yards on the next play before Chicago used its final timeout after letting the clock tick down to three seconds.

Given how the offense was moving the ball against Green Bay's defense at that point, the Bears could have tried to throw it a couple of times. It may not have made a difference since the field goal was blocked instead of just missed, but these are the little differences that often seem to go wrong in Chicago.

Chicago dominated the time of possession, holding the ball for more than 36 minutes. Jordan Love only attempted 17 passes, but still threw for 261 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown on a one-yard run with 2:59 remaining.

The Bears will look to end their three-game losing streak next week against the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field.