Williams reacts to comeback win over Giants

Ariana Pensy · Correspondent · 5 hours ago

CHICAGO - Despite having to come from 10 down with under four games left, Chicago’s game against the New York Giants was probably one of their best games of the season from a complementary football standpoint.

The offense had its moments, the defense had a good turnover, and special teams performed better.

“We have a great offense, great defense and great special teams and great coaches and so, the confidence in us and the confidence in the coaches in those moments is there and I think that shows in those moments,” quarterback Caleb Williams said. “Defense shutting people down in those moments towards the end of the game, not allowing them to go down and drive and kick a field goal or whatever they need to score at the end and I think for offensively, it shows the calmness. Obviously, it wasn’t our best game on offense and the calmness at the end of the game, the belief, the faith, the hope and (and) living in the known. I think that’s where we were and we knew that it was going to be a full 60-minute game and that’s what it took.”

When Williams was drafted, he was not expected to be a running quarterback. However, that is a skill he is showcasing this season, especially against the Giants. His 17-yard rushing touchdown to give Chicago the lead was just one of his impressive runs against New York.

Williams attributes some of his rushing ability instincts, but part of it is also gaining more knowledge about being a player in the NFL.

“I’d say some of it’s instincts. I think some of it’s lifting and training. I think the other part of it is visualizing those moments that the defender’s leverage and things like that and being able to take advantage of his leverage and then other than that, it’s just being smarter in those moments,” Williams said. “If it’s time to throw, throw the ball away or dirt, anything like that, dirt it. If it’s not and I can make a play, go make a play for this team and do whatever I need from there. But, I think it’s those couple things that I do throughout the week, throughout the year, visualizing those moments.”

Chicago’s win against the Giants is a signature win, not necessarily for the quality of the opponent but because of how they won. The Bears have proven that they can be competitive no matter how the game is going - whether it is a shootout like the game against the Cincinnati Bengals, a game that comes down to a field goal like the Las Vegas Raiders and Washington Commanders game or a comeback like the Giants game.

Stacking these wins has given Chicago a great deal of confidence moving forward for the rest of the year.

“It does build confidence … It doesn’t matter (the) deficit we’re at. Doesn’t matter how much we’re up. It doesn’t matter what happened throughout the game that we can come through as a team and that’s what we did (Sunday),” Williams said. “But, we would like to start figuring out as a team, putting up points, stopping them, putting up points, stopping them, putting up points, stopping them and getting to the point where we’re just kind of marching down the field, defense is stopping them, we’re putting up a lot of points and winning these games a little bit earlier than we are these past couple games.”

The Bears move into a difficult part of their schedule with the Minnesota Vikings on tap on Sun. Nov. 16 (Noon / FOX). After that, six of Chicago’s final seven games are against teams with winning records.

Playing teams like this makes it even more important to get the small details right and play complementary football.

“I think we need to do a better job when those moments happen, when they get a turnover on downs, when they get a turnover, any of those moments, just go out there, score, put up points,” Williams said. “It’s a big momentum shift when those can happen and those moments happen and I think we’ve done a solid job. But, we can always be better.”