Bears' Caleb Williams Blocks Out Noise, Silences Seahawks Fans

Caleb Williams doesn't need outside motivation to get going, but if you make a sign criticizing his toughness and making fun of his painted nails, you're just asking for whatever comes next. 

That's exactly what happened during the Chicago Bears' 34-17 win over the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field on Monday Night Football. With 25 minutes before kickoff, Williams went back to the Bears' locker room and on his way he looked into the stands and saw a Seahawks fan with a sign: "CALEB WILLIAMS FAKES INJURIES-PAINTS HIS NAILS PINK."

The first part of the sign is a jab at Williams' hamstring injury he sustained in the Week 2 loss to the Minnesota Vikings this season. The Bears' quarterback escaped the pocket .to his left midway through the fourth quarter and went down on his own, clearly in pain. He was taken on a cart off the field and had tears in his eyes. He missed three games because of the injury. 

Williams has painted his nails since his senior year of high school. His mom worked as a nail technician, so that's where he drew the inspiration to paint his nails for games. 

The Bears' quarterback posted on his Instagram on Tuesday and the sign made it in the carousel of pictures.

The Seahawks fan took a jab at the Bears' quarterback, and Williams responded by knocking out the reigning Super Bowl champions. He threw for 247 yards and one touchdown en route to hanging 34 points on Seattle, the most their defense has surrendered all season. 

“Those are fun," Williams said. "Sometimes, when you go into games — a bunch of other players have said it, when you go into games you just need one thing and that was maybe it.”

Since Williams was at USC, he's been a lightning rod for criticism in just about anything that he does. During a postgame interview with Scott Van Pelt, Williams relayed what he was told about Chicago and its fans. 

"They told me that even through the times of [Michael] Jordan and things like that, winning those championships, it's a Chicago Bear town." 

As someone who was born in 1994 and wasn't old enough to remember the Bulls' championships, I was told the same thing from family members. A lot of people will agree with Williams as well.

ESPN's Chris Canty took exception to what Williams said, calling him "goofy" because he mentioned Jordan. 

This is just the latest example of the endless scrutiny Williams deals with on a daily basis, but he's conditioned to hearing unjustified noise and goes about his business anyway. He doesn't draw motivation from the public. 

“People are going to say what they have to say," Williams said. "I can't please everybody. That's not my job. My job is to go win games. My job is to be the best player I can be. My job is to believe in myself, trust in my teammates and go out there and be one of those guys on the field that makes game changing plays. You like it, you don't like it, got to deal with it.”