Caleb Williams Drops Bold Quote on Video After Throwing 4 INTs in Bears' Dramatic Win vs. Bucs

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams didn't exactly have a signature performance during his team's 27-24 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night, throwing four interceptions.

But don't expect him to suddenly become timid when he drops back to pass.

"I'm going to throw until I can't throw anymore," he told reporters following the victory. "That's how I live. I work my tail off to be in this position. I'll never not throw the ball. I could throw 100 picks in one game, if it comes down to it, I'm gonna throw that one pass I threw to Colston [Loveland]. Or if it's a tighter window I'm gonna rip it in there. That's how I grew up, that's what I am. I don't get gun shy. That's not me, that's not my identity, that's not who I am. With that, I'm gonna keep ripping it. Coach calls it, it's time to go make a play. Go through my reads, if it's not there check it down. If the shot's there, take it."

Williams did throw for 279 yards and two scores, so it wasn't all bad. But Chicago's five turnovers turned a game that looked like it might be a blowout after the Bears took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter into one that required a last-second field goal just to avoid overtime.

Tampa Bay's two turnovers and a few overly cautious decisions to kick field goals rather than take chances to get touchdowns also contributed to Chicago's eventual win.

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While Williams isn't unlikely to grow more cautious, he also acknowledged that he could have played better and didn't pick up his teammates on Sunday night.

"Just try to be the big eraser. That's what I've been. That's what I will be," he told reporters. "I got to keep doing that, keep being the big eraser, and today I wasn't."

It wasn't exactly a feel-good win, in other words. But it was a win.

"They know that we didn't play as well as we're capable of playing," head coach Ben Johnson told reporters after the loss. "But I believe the best is yet to come in terms of our football in the back half of this season."