{"id":970662,"date":"2026-08-11T23:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T23:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/970662\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T23:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T23:24:17","slug":"bears-qb-caleb-williams-is-nearing-a-personal-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/970662\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears QB Caleb Williams is Nearing a Personal Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caleb Williams is entering his third year<\/a> with the Chicago Bears, and it’s been an interesting journey so far. <\/p>\n

Williams went from having a respectable, but far from spectacular rookie season, to a breakout season last year<\/a>, leading the Bears to the top spot in the NFC North<\/a> and into the postseason.<\/p>\n

Now that Williams is standing out and leading his team to wins, he’s getting more in the public eye. He has a ways to go until he’s a household name, but Williams is certainly making noise and becoming one of the more famous quarterbacks of his era.<\/p>\n

Caleb Williams Nearing Major Personal Milestone\"Chicago<\/p>\n

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams smiles during Minicamp at Halas Hall. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

Williams is nearing a pretty significant personal milestone. It’s wild to think that he’s so close but not quite there yet as well.<\/p>\n

He’s almost hit 1 million followers on Instagram<\/a>, and he could be hitting that mark any day now. It frankly feels like he should already be there, but he has a little ways to go.<\/p>\n

As of Tuesday, Aug. 11, Williams has 995,000 Instagram followers. He’s just 5,000 away from 1 million. Chances are he’ll quickly hit that million mark by the time the regular season starts in mid-September, if not sooner.<\/p>\n

Williams was named the “Madden 27” cover athlete<\/a> this offseason, and that had to help boost his social following. He’s been doing the media rounds for the honor, too.<\/p>\n

Caleb Williams Addresses the Haters in Barstool Interview<\/p>\n

When doing press for “Madden 27,” Williams appeared on\u00a0Barstool’s “Pardon My Take<\/a>.” He was asked how he deals with his haters.<\/p>\n

“You can’t not see them,” Williams said about his critics<\/a>. “All the people that say that [they don’t] are liars.”<\/p>\n

One of the show’s hosts, Big Cat, asked Williams if he remembered the people in the media and announcers who throw shade at him.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, for sure, for sure,” Williams admitted. “Not going to say any names on here, but there are times where I go back, and I listen\u2026yeah, there’s reporters and analysts or whatever you want to call them that I remember. Sometimes I shake their hand a little bit harder when I see them in person.”<\/p>\n

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