With two games left, Williams is on pace to set a Bears single-season passing record while leading Chicago toward an NFC North title.
With two games remaining in the regular season, Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is sitting at an even 3,400 passing yards. He has thrown 23 touchdown passes against just six interceptions, while adding three rushing touchdowns to his stat line.
The most important number, though, is the team’s record.
The Bears are 11–4, coming off a thrilling overtime victory against their rival Green Bay Packers, and currently in control of the NFC North. With one more win—or one more Packers loss—Chicago will clinch the division for the first time since 2018.
Still, given the franchise’s long and painful history at quarterback, Williams’ passing numbers are naturally drawing national attention.
Everyone is watching to see whether he can finally eclipse the 4,000-yard mark—something no Bears quarterback has ever done. It’s the punchline to the infamous joke made at Chicago’s expense, a shorthand for decades of instability at the position.
Jim McMahon didn’t do it. Jay Cutler didn’t do it. Erik Kramer didn’t do it.
The whole league is watching. Browns edge rush Myles Garrett met Williams on the field after the Bears trounced Cleveland 31-3. His message? "Get that 3,000."
Garrett had the wrong number, but we all knew what he meant. And Williams likely won't get there.
He’s still 600 yards away from 4k with two games remaining, meaning he would need to average 300 yards per game down the stretch. In a run-heavy Bears offense, that’s a tall task—especially considering Williams has not thrown for 300 yards in a game yet this season.
But he's still on the verge of making franchise history.
With 438 more passing yards over the final two games—an average of just 219 per contest—Williams would pass Kramer for the Bears’ single-season passing yard record. He’s also six touchdown passes shy of tying Kramer’s single-season mark of 29.
And perhaps most importantly, this feels like only the beginning.
Williams is just in Year 1 under head coach Ben Johnson, operating in an offense filled with players under team control and positioned to improve even further. Bears fans can reasonably believe the long-mocked 4,000-yard barrier will eventually fall. Williams already looks like the best quarterback this franchise has ever had—and one of the most promising young passers in the NFL.
But if we’re being honest, none of that really matters right now.
The Bears have clinched a playoff spot. The quarterback question has been answered. And in a wide-open NFL landscape, wins matter far more than records or counting stats.
If Chicago keeps winning football games, the history books can wait.
Caleb Williams is already well on his way to becoming a Bears legend.