{"id":712853,"date":"2026-01-29T02:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T02:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/712853\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T02:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T02:03:21","slug":"chicago-bears-offensive-player-of-the-year-is-caleb-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/712853\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears\u2019 Offensive Player of the Year is Caleb Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windycitygridiron.com\/pages\/masthead\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bears<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagobears.com\/news\/caleb-williams-named-bears-offensive-player-of-the-year\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">named<\/a> quarterback Caleb Williams their Offensive Player of the Year for the 2025 season. Williams had a great sophomore year from his growth as a young player, his first career playoff victory, and breaking franchise records. Overall, he took a big leap forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Williams finished the 2025 season with 3,942 passing yards, breaking the single-season franchise record, had a 27-to-7 touchdown-to-interception ratio, 5th in the NFL, and seven game-winning drives when trailing in the final two minutes (six in the regular season and one in the playoffs), which set an NFL record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He led the Bears to their first NFC North division title since 2018 and first playoff victory since 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Williams also started all 17 regular-season games for a second consecutive season. He\u2019s the first quarterback to do so since Bob Avellini did it in 1976 and 1977.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">And not to mention, Williams made some of the most extraordinary throws we\u2019ve ever seen a Bears quarterback make. Here are just a few highlights:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Week 17 vs. San Francisco:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Wild Card Round vs. Green Bay:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">NFC Divisional Round vs. Los Angeles:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe things that we highlighted for Caleb to start the season, I do think they improved as the season went along. We revamped the footwork a little bit last spring, and I think the comfort level grew from that. He certainly got more comfortable with the concepts that we were running over the course of the season. That\u2019s something we can build upon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This recognition of Williams by the Bears encompasses the growth and talent Williams displayed this season, and he only scratched the surface.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cYet, there\u2019s still a lot more that we can push through,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI\u2019m really encouraged about the steps he [Williams] took this year. I\u2019m Caleb Williams\u2019 number one believer. I have a lot of faith in him, what he\u2019s capable of doing, and the player that he\u2019s still thriving to become.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">What growth are you expecting to see from Williams from year two to year three?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Bears have named quarterback Caleb Williams their Offensive Player of the Year for the 2025 season.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,741,2493,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-712853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-bears","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-chicago-bears-news","12":"tag-chicagobears","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115975934267542119","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712853","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=712853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}