We have reached the quarterfinals of our Caleb Madness bracket, where you, the Bears fan, determine Caleb Williams\u2019 best play of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n
We have finished the voting in the round of 16 and have moved on to the Elite 8, where we have two matchups today to see our first two plays that reach our Final Four.<\/p>\n
As a reminder, we will have two Elite 8 matchups today, and two Elite 8 matchups on Tuesday. One final four matchup on Wednesday, and one Final Four matchup on Thursday. The championship game will be a week from today.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take a look at today\u2019s matchups:<\/p>\n
Jahdae Walker game-tying TD vs GB, VS Cole Kmet game-tying TD vs Rams<\/p>\n
This should be an interesting matchup because these are arguably the fans\u2019 two favorite plays of the year. The Walker throw was with great anticipation, and the Kmet throw, well, what can you say about the Kmet throw? As we have been doing, here are videos of the two plays and the tweet to vote on them.<\/p>\n
Jahdae Walker Game-Tying Catch vs Packers<\/p>\n
This one has already gotten lost a little, thanks to what Caleb did not too long after this one, and some might say, \u201cYeah, it\u2019s great, but he was wide open.\u201d That\u2019s true, he did finish wide open, but if you look at where Walker was when Caleb released the football, you\u2019ll realize that he broke open after the throw and was covered by two Packers at the release point. Williams saw it and delivered it, despite being under significant pressure.<\/p>\n
Game-Tying Heave to Cole Kmet vs Rams<\/p>\n
The only way that could make this play better is if the Bears had ended up winning the game. Everything else about this is absolutely insane. It\u2019s so damn improbable. It still defies logic that it happened. Had the Bears won this game, I think this play eclipses \u201cThe Catch\u201d as the greatest non-Super Bowl play in NFL history.<\/p>\n
To vote on the matchup, you can do so here:<\/p>\n
Luther Burden Flea Flicker VS DJ Moore \u201cThe Catch II\u201d <\/p>\n
This is a fascinating matchup. When the Burden play happened, our jaw was on the floor, but we didn\u2019t know what was in store for us the next few months. The Moore play was just an incredible play that mimicked NFL history.<\/p>\n
Flea Flicker to Luther Burden vs Cowboys<\/p>\n
Watching this play live, you would have thought this play easily would have been one of the top 3 plays of the season, but by the end of the year, it was just part of the insanity that is Caleb Williams. You don\u2019t think about it much at this point, but this Bears game was critical to the Bears\u2019 turnaround. Who knows what happens if they fall to 0-3? Williams\u2019 coralling of the subpar pitch is what makes this one even more special.<\/p>\n
DJ Moore \u201cThe Catch II\u201d vs Browns<\/p>\n
Caleb Williams\u2019 throw in this one mimicked arguably the most legendary throw and catch in NFL history, Joe Montana to Dwight Clark, \u201cThe Catch.\u201d Moore snags the ball in the back corner of the end zone as the ball is just out of reach of a Browns defender.<\/p>\n
To vote on the second matchup, you can do so here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We have reached the quarterfinals of our Caleb Madness bracket, where you, the Bears fan, determine Caleb Williams\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,85235,14087,2493,7,6,12015],"class_list":{"0":"post-843148","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-discussion","12":"tag-chicago-bears-history","13":"tag-chicagobears","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-poll"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116318991302740828","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843148","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=843148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}