CHICAGO URBAN DAILY
CHICAGO (CHICAGO URBAN DAILY)— Caleb Williams didn’t just come back. He came back perfect.
The Bears’ franchise quarterback returned Sunday in Atlanta after missing three games with a hamstring injury, and he reminded everyone what this offense is supposed to look like: 30-of-36 for 305 yards, a touchdown, no interceptions, and a 111.2 passer rating as Chicago beat the Falcons 31-23 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Williams engineered touchdown drives on the Bears’ first two possessions — 10-of-10 for 122 yards and a score — staking Chicago to a 14-0 lead it never gave up. “Colston and I locked eyes and I just gave my guy a shot,” Williams said of the 14-yard touchdown to tight end Colston Loveland that opened the scoring. D’Andre Swift ran in two scores, and the Bears led 31-7 early in the fourth.
Then it got interesting. Atlanta’s Michael Penix Jr. threw two touchdowns to tight end Kyle Pitts inside a four-minute span, both followed by two-point conversions, and suddenly it was 31-23 with 5:41 to play.
Enter Kyler Gordon. The cornerback — making his season debut — recorded his third sack of the day and his second strip-sack, and Devin Bush recovered the fumble at the Atlanta 28 with 2:54 left. Game over.
The Bears are 4-2 and sitting second in the NFC North. One week after the Green Bay embarrassment, that’s the response.
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