Overview
- Chicago has allowed just 14 sacks through nine games after yielding 38 through 10 weeks last season, including two sack-free wins over the Cowboys and Giants.
- The Bears rank No. 3 in yards per game (379.8), No. 2 in rushing (147.3), and field one of the NFL’s best lines by ESPN win rates—second in pass blocking (71%) and fourth in run blocking (74%).
- Williams owns a league-best 143.8 passer rating in the final five minutes and has led multiple comeback wins, adding 63 and 53 rushing yards in the last two games with a go-ahead 17-yard TD vs. the Giants.
- Despite the NFL’s highest time to throw (3.27 seconds), Williams has a low sack rate (fifth-best at 4.7%), leads QBs in missed tackles forced (26), and earned PFF’s top QB grade over the last two weeks.
- Offseason additions Drew Dalman, Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson anchor a stabilized front, as coaches praise Williams’ Houdini-like escapes while urging a touch more pocket patience to unlock bigger downfield plays ahead of a blitz-heavy Vikings test.