Caleb Williams Says He'll 'Take the Heat' for Bears Offense Struggling vs. Seahawks

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb William says he is ready to take the blame for Thursday's 6-3 loss after taking seven sacks and throwing a game-ending interception against the Seattle Seahawks.

"We played on two sides of the ball today pretty well, special teams and defense, and then offense we didn't play well," Williams said after the game (45-minute mark of the video below.) "There was miscues. There was stupid sacks that I was taking, losing 10, 14 yards, which is frustrating.

"I will say that I'll definitely take the heat for this one, just 'cause of some situations that I put us in. Like I said, that sack that I took, that I didn't need to take, which put us—we were empty, and I brought a guy from the boundary. Just throw it over the guy's head and you're still playing."

Williams concluded: "I didn't play well enough. I didn't put the team in a good position to win, in a better position to win, and that's what it is."

Former NFL quarterback Dan Orlovsky analyzed Williams' seven sacks after the loss, identifying two of the hits as the quarterback's responsibility and three as the result of exposure from the offensive line.

Williams also threw an interception with less than 15 seconds left after the Bears struggled with clock mismanagement on their final drive.

Interim head coach Thomas Brown, who did not call a timeout as time ran out on the final drive, also took responsibility for the loss after the game.

"The offense was not good enough, which it starts with me as far as the game plan that I had coming into this game, having those guys ready to go," Brown said (h/t the Seahawks' official transcript.)

The coach added: "I wasn't good enough. Put it on me."

Williams has now taken 67 sacks in his second NFL campaign, marking the fourth-highest single-season total ever recorded by a quarterback.

That also sets a single-season franchise record for the Bears, exceeding the 66 sacks made on four quarterbacks in 2004.

Brown can't be sure he'll be leading the team next season after watching his team lose a tenth straight game on Thursday.

But if there's one thing he and the Bears can focus on in Sunday's season finale against the Green Bay Packers, it's making sure Williams doesn't come anywhere close to matching Derek Carr's single-season record of 76 sacks.