{"id":557421,"date":"2025-11-27T03:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T03:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/557421\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T03:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T03:17:09","slug":"andrew-whitworth-predicts-caleb-williams-for-bears-big-play-vs-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/557421\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Whitworth predicts Caleb Williams for Bears big play vs. Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, the Chicago Bears will take on the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL\u2019s third annual Black Friday game.<\/p>\n<p>It will be a meeting between two NFC divisional leaders and, based on the past two installments of the holiday special, something wild is bound to happen.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2023 matchup between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins, Jets quarterback Tim Boyle\u2019s Hail Mary as the first half expired was intercepted and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NFL\/status\/1728163643089625506?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">returned for a 99-yard touchdown<\/a> by Dolphins safety Jevon Holland.<\/p>\n<p>There was also the final play between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Las Vegas Raiders last year, in which the Raiders were on the verge of kicking the winning field goal until Las Vegas quarterback Aidan O\u2019Connell fumbled a botched snap on third-and-3 with 15 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. The Chiefs recovered the ball and sealed the win.<\/p>\n<p>Should something like that happen in Philadelphia on Friday, the Bears can only hope they\u2019re on the positive end of it. And, at least one Prime Video analyst believes Bears quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WillCa03.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Caleb Williams<\/a> will be the centerpiece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week, I think if I said there\u2019s going to be (a big play), I\u2019m going to put it on Caleb Williams,\u201d Andrew Whitworth told reporters on a video conference call on Wednesday. \u201cBreaking some pressure tackle, extending a play and finding a way to get the football down the field \u2014 I would think that he\u2019d be the most likely candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whitworth, a 16-year NFL veteran and four-time Pro Bowl tackle, also gave a nod to Eagles running back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BarkSa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Saquon Barkley<\/a> as another potential candidate for an explosive play. Barkley is having a down year in 2025, but based on years past, the Super Bowl LIX champion is more than capable of turning a game on its head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think those are the two with the biggest probability of (making) the play we might remember,\u201d Whitworth told reporters of Williams and Barkley.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s high praise for Williams, who is making steady strides in his sophomore NFL season. Following a rough rookie campaign under former Bears head coach Matt Eberflus, the 24-year-old has shown many flashes of brilliance this season under Ben Johnson and has earned particular recognition for his elite ability to avoid sacks.<\/p>\n<p> He\u2019ll face a tough test on Friday against a vicious Eagles defensive line that includes Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis, but that only increases the probability that Williams will have to navigate the pressure with his legs and create major yardage. It\u2019s all the more reason to continue a budding Black Friday tradition in what is already a memorable Bears season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow there\u2019ll be the Black Friday moments that we will probably take from all of this, right?\u201d Whitworth told reporters. \u201cI really hope we get a special one this week.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Friday, the Chicago Bears will take on the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL\u2019s third annual Black Friday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[10426,374,13596,1036,692,391,2493,7,6,109,894],"class_list":{"0":"post-557421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-andrew-whitworth","9":"tag-bears","10":"tag-black-friday","11":"tag-caleb-williams","12":"tag-chicago","13":"tag-chicago-bears","14":"tag-chicagobears","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","18":"tag-saquon-barkley"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115619499481159565","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}