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Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard takes playful shot at Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears after USC win

Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard takes playful shot at Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears after USC win

The Greg Gard-led Wisconsin Badgers improved to 15-3 on the season and 5-2 in Big Ten play with a 15-point road win over USC on Saturday.

Sophomore guard John Blackwell’s 28-point performance led the victory. He excelled as USC dedicated its game plan to stopping leading scorer John Tonje — who was held scoreless on 0-of-3 shooting. Trojans head coach Eric Musselman had much to say postgame about Blackwell’s play and the Badgers’ overall quality.

Related: Updated Big Ten basketball power rankings (Jan. 20): Top tier continues to separate

Separate from the on-court action, one of the game’s ancillary storylines was Chicago Bears starting quarterback Caleb Williams, a USC legend, sitting courtside. He had a front-row seat to Wisconsin’s game-sealing run midway through the second half — a run that saw the Badgers extend a three-point lead to 13 points from the 10:44-minute mark to the TV timeout at 6:11.

The star quarterback was a small part of that run when Badgers guard Kamari McGee had some words for his party after hitting an important three-pointer to extend the Badgers’ lead to 68-57 with 6:40 remaining.

Gard discussed that moment in a radio interview with ESPN Wisconsin on Sunday.

“Yea, I didn’t even realize, because how irrelevant the Bears are for me, I didn’t even realize he sitting over there,” Gard, a Green Bay Packers fan, said jokingly. “But I asked [McGee] and [Max] Klesmit after the game, ‘who, were you yelling at him?’ And he goes ‘no, it was this dude next to him that was doing all the chirping.’ So between our Packers guys and our Vikings guys, [Williams] left a little early, they were going to give him a ‘Go Pack Go’ and some skol chants as we were wrapping up the game. But he had to get out early, he obviously saw the result coming.”

Here is the full exchange:

Williams notably went 1-1 against the Packers as a rookie in 2024. He finished the season with 3,541 passing yards, 20 touchdowns and six interceptions. The Bears finished last in the NFC North at 5-12 and are currently in search of a new head coach.

Gard’s Packers, on the other hand, went 11-6 during the regular season before falling to the Philadelphia Eagles in the wild card round.

Wisconsin basketball will look to replicate its strong performance against USC when it faces UCLA on Tuesday. The Badgers take a seven-game winning streak into the matchup, one that has seen the team quickly rise toward the top of the Big Ten standings.

Tipoff from the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California is set for 9:30 p.m. ET, 8:30 p.m. CT.

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NFL coaching dominos should begin to fall after Lions’ playoff loss

Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson becoming available could be the surge this coaching cycle needed. Expect movement to pick up in the week ahead:

It’s been crickets since the New England Patriots hired Mike Vrabel as their new head coach, but the Detroit Lions’ stunning playoff loss to the Washington Commanders could change that.

We’ve mentioned before how Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson being temporarily unavailable could hold back the coaching cycle. Now that they’re officially on the market, the next dominos can be toppled.

Glenn and Johnson represent the top candidates on each side of the ball. Johnson is the favorite for the Las Vegas Raiders, and Glenn is the favorite for the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints.

The Chicago Bears, Caleb Williams, and Jacksonville Jaguars, Trevor Lawrence, have young quarterbacks and could be aiming to pair them with an offensive mind. Williams has already expressed his desire for this outcome and Johnson specifically.

The Raiders aren’t the only ones hoping to land Johnson, and once he makes his decision, at least one team will have to pivot.

There is a clearcut top-two for Glenn, but the same could be said about him. Either New York or New Orleans will have to go to their secondary options.

With the Lions out of the playoffs, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Glenn and Johnson schedule their in-person interviews early in the week and sign before the next round of playoff games.

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Caleb Williams may have just inadvertently jinxed the Bears’ head coach search

Somewhere in Chicago, one finger on a monkey’s paw curled.

Caleb Williams knows what’s at stake.

For the 2024 No. 1 overall NFL draft pick to reach his potential, the next Chicago Bears coach will probably have to be an offensively-minded person. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it. The future of the Bears’ franchise should be centered around developing Williams and giving him a team he can lead to perennial Super Bowl contention. Because he does, indeed, have that ability.

Williams isn’t shying away from letting the Bears know what he wants in their search, either.

During the latest episode of the St. Brown Podcast, Williams described the ideal traits he wants to see in the next Bears coach. Unsurprisingly, Williams rattled off cliches like “strong-minded” and “leader of men” before “selfishly” saying he wants someone with an offensive background who can have sustained success with him for years.

All of this is well and good, and Williams is right to assert it. But given some of the names that have popped up in the Bears’ coaching so far, he better be careful what he wishes for:

On the one hand, the Bears could go out and fulfill Williams’ wishes with an absolute home run hire. Take the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions, Ben Johnson, for example. Provided Tom Brady doesn’t get to Johnson first, Williams has already clearly been holding out hope someone like Johnson is his next coach. A recent prank phone call between Williams and a fake Johnson says as much.

On the other, we’re talking about the Bears, dearest readers.

They do not have exactly have a reputation for making smart or even obvious decisions. This is a franchise that once hired Marc Trestman out of the Canadian Football League. It gave John Fox a blank check to share a 1,000-yard stare on the sideline every Sunday at the helm of a listless team. It doubled down on Matt Eberflus after it was already clear he was an overmatched doofus with job security constructed on a house of cards consisting of corny platitudes.

Johnson would be the best pick for Williams’ future.

He fits the young quarterback’s criteria to a tee. And the Bears probably want to lean offense, regardless. But rather than hit the home run, this organization will probably convince itself to hire someone else offensively-minded because at least it checked that box, you know? It will go for the bunt. You know, someone with a reputation. Someone who has “proven” themselves.

Let me introduce you to 2025 Chicago Bears head coach, Mike McCarthy.

Caleb, if you read this, don’t say I didn’t warn you.

All 32 NFL quarterbacks (including Jayden Daniels) ranked by Total QBR

Where did Jayden Daniels land in the final Total QBR rankings for the regular season?

The Washington Commanders wrapped up the regular season with a dramatic 23-19 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Only this time, it wasn’t rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels performing the heroics.

Veteran Marcus Mariota relieved Daniels in the second half and was outstanding, completing 15 of 18 passes for 161 yards and two touchdowns. Mariota also rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown.

Daniels didn’t play in the second quarter due to what head coach Dan Quinn called “minor leg soreness.” Quinn said that if it had been a playoff game, Daniels would have remained in the game, which Daniels reiterated.

Coming off some of his most impressive performances of the season, Daniels wasn’t sharp in the first half against Dallas. He completed just six of 12 passes for 38 yards and also rushed for 27 yards. He was under heavy duress and sacked four times. With a playoff game coming up, Quinn took no chances with his star rookie quarterback.

According to ESPN, Daniels recorded a season-low 18.6 QBR for one half of play. While Daniels wasn’t his typical self in the first half last week, he still finished the season with a 70.6 Total QBR, which was fourth-best in the league. Daniels was only behind Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, and Joe Burrow.

That’s some pretty exclusive company after a remarkable rookie season.

So, where did the other NFL quarterbacks rank, according to ESPN’s Total QBR metric? Here are the final QBR rankings for the 2024 regular season. We ranked every team’s primary quarterback, some of whom may no longer be on their initial team.

Final 2024 Total QBR rankings

  1. Lamar Jackson, Ravens: 77.5
  2. Josh Allen, Bills: 77.2
  3. Joe Burrow, Bengals: 75.0
  4. Jayden Daniels, Commanders: 70.6
  5. Jordan Love, Packers: 69.2
  6. Jared Goff, Lions: 68.5
  7. Brock Purdy, 49ers: 68.0
  8. Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs: 67.9
  9. Kyler Murray, Cardinals: 66.5
  10. Jalen Hurts, Eagles: 65.6
  11. Justin Herbert, Chargers: 65.3
  12. Matthew Stafford, Rams: 64.9
  13. Derek Carr, Saints: 63.1
  14. Baker Mayfield, Bucs: 61.8
  15. Sam Darnold, Vikings: 60.6
  16. Tua Tagovailoa, Dolphins: 60.3
  17. Trevor Lawrence, Jaguars: 59.2
  18. Drake Maye, Patriots: 58.4
  19. Bo Nix, Broncos: 57.2
  20. Jameis Winston, Browns: 56.4
  21. Bryce Young, Panthers: 54.5
  22. Geno Smith, Seahawks: 53.8
  23. Russell Wilson, Steelers: 51.3
  24. Kirk Cousins, Falcons: 51.0
  25. C.J. Stroud, Texans: 50.2
  26. Aaron Rodgers, Jets: 48.2
  27. Daniel Jones, Giants: 47.7
  28. Anthony Richardson, Colts: 46.5
  29. Caleb Williams, Bears: 46.7
  30. Dak Prescott, Cowboys: 45.8
  31. Gardner Minshew, Raiders: 38.3
  32. Will Levis, Titans: 27.6

Here’s a reminder of how the Total QBR is measured.

ESPN’s Total Quarterback Rating (Total QBR), which was released in 2011, has never claimed to be perfect, but unlike other measures of quarterback performance, it incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties. Also, since QBR is built from the play level, it accounts for a team’s level of success or failure on every play to provide the proper context and then allocates credit to the quarterback and his teammate to produce a clearer measure of quarterback efficiency.

Bears request interview with Ravens OC Todd Monken for head coaching job

Bears request interview with Todd Monken for head coaching Job

After two seasons of engineering one of the NFL’s top offenses, Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken is drawing interest from other teams with head coach openings.

According to NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero, the Chicago Bears have requested an interview with Monken for their vacant head coach position.

The Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus in the middle of the season and finished the year with a 5-12 record. If Monken took the job in Chicago, he would already have a promising young quarterback in place: 2024 No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams. Williams did not live up to the hype as a rookie, but the former USC Trojan showed enough flashes to warrant excitement going forward if provided a better environment.

The Ravens’ offense with Monken at the helm has been the definition of multidimensional, becoming the first team to cross 4,000 passing yards and 3,000 rushing yards in a season in 2024. Monken transformed Baltimore’s offense into one of the best passing attacks in the league after years of Greg Roman offenses in Baltimore faltered in that regard.

Quarterback Lamar Jackson has enjoyed two of his best seasons under Monken. After winning his second MVP award last season in Monken’s first year with the team, Jackson is poised to potentially take home a third MVP trophy for a historic 2024 campaign that saw him finish with the fourth-highest single-season passer rating of all time.

Losing Monken just a year after losing defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald would be a massive blow to the Ravens, who look to maximize their Super Bowl chances every year with Jackson in his prime.

 

Report: Another team wants to speak with Commanders OC Kliff Kingsbury

Another NFL team reportedly wants to speak with Commanders OC Kliff Kingsbury for its head coaching vacancy.

There are currently three NFL teams without a head coach: The New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears and New York Jets all fired their head coaches at some point during the 2024 NFL season. That number will change after Sunday’s slate of Week 18 games when “Black Monday” arrives.

The Bears, who have lost 10 straight games, reportedly want to speak with Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury for their vacancy. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler said he expected the Bears to interview Kingsbury. The potential interview makes sense from the perspective of Kingsbury’s relationship with Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams.

However, Kingsbury has not said whether he will interview with Chicago or anywhere else this cycle, as the Commanders begin the playoffs next week.

Chicago may not be the only team who wants to speak with Kingsbury.

According to NFL insider Josina Anderson, the Jets have “internally discussed interest in interviewing” Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith and Kingsbury.

So much depends on how desperate Kingsbury is to be a head coach again. Chicago would seemingly represent a better opportunity than New York. However, Kingsbury is still being paid from his time as the Cardinals’ head coach and is enjoying his time in Washington coaching the game’s top young quarterback, Jayden Daniels.

Jayden Daniels roots for his fellow rookie quarterbacks

Fans may root against the other rookie QBs, but not Jayden Daniels.

There is a lot of debate amongst NFL fans about which rookie quarterback is the best from the class of 2024. Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels is the leading contender for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, with Bo Nix of the Denver Broncos right behind him.

The No. 1 overall pick, Caleb Williams (Chicago Bears), has struggled this season but has still shown positive signs. Michael Penix Jr. (Atlanta Falcons) will make his second start this week, while Drake Maye (New England Patriots) has looked like a superstar in the making at times.

Each fan base has been vocal that their guy is the best rookie quarterback. Some analysts flip-flop about the quarterbacks weekly, using their platform for engagement based on which rookie passer had the best game that week.

As for Daniels, he’s not rooting against anyone in his draft class. In fact, he wants his fellow rookie quarterbacks to be the best class of all time.

“Man, I mean, I’m excited for everybody in our draft class,” Daniels told Chris Simms of NBC Sports ahead of Sunday night’s game between the Commanders and Falcons. “I think my draft class was kind of, like, super tight-knit, I mean, especially off the quarterbacks.”

Simms then asked Daniels how he got along with the other rookie quarterbacks off the field.

“For sure, yeah, I mean I keep up with all those guys and how they’re playing. I mean, I’m obviously playing Mike (Penix) this week. And I talk to Mike. We always checking in with each other. I keep up with what Bo’s (Nix) doing. He’s doing a phenomenal job. Caleb over there doing his thing. You got Drake over there doing his thing. So, it’s been awesome to see those guys kind of flourish in their different situations, and, you know, and still go out there and play with confidence, play football, and have fun with it.”

Daniels then discussed how he trained with Penix ahead of the draft, building their relationship, and praised Penix’s arm strength, accuracy, and ability to always throw a spiral.

So, while fans may fight amongst themselves on social media, these guys are all rooting for each other. Sunday’s game against the Falcons will be the second game Daniels has played against a fellow rookie quarterback this season. Daniels and Washington defeated Williams and the Bears in the “Hail Mary” game back in Week 8.

Lions film review: Ifeatu Melifonwu returns with a strong season debut

Lions film review: Ifeatu Melifonwu returns with a strong season debut in Week 16 against the Bears

It’s been a long time coming but last Sunday against the Chicago Bears, the Detroit Lions finally saw defensive back Ifeatu Melifonwu return to the field. Fortunately for the Melifonwu and the Lions, he didn’t disappoint with his performance either.

One season ago, the Lions saw Melifonwu have the best season of his career. He finished with 33 tackles, three sacks, four tackles for loss, two interceptions and 8 pass deflections. Last year, much of his success came from week 13 through the end of the season.

Now the hope for the Lions defense is that Melifonwu has the same late season impact he did from a year ago. Let’s dive into some tape to look at where he will impact the Lions the most on defense.

 

By having Melifonwu on the field, it provides the Lions defense some versatility it didn’t have a few weeks ago. This allows the Lions to place Melifonwu as one of the safeties in a two-high shell or they could play him closer to the box.

Either way, I’d expect him to play interchangeable roles with Brian Branch. Ultimately, we should see the Lions have three safeties (Joseph, Branch and Melifonwu) on the field at the same time.

Looking at the play above, we get exactly that. The Lions come out with an inverted Cover-2 look on defense. Prior to the snap, you’ll see the Chicago Bears in a 2×2 bunch set on offense. In the process, you’ll see Melifonwu (No. 6) in a press alignment on the left side of the defense (bottom of the screen).

Once the ball is snapped, you’ll see the Lions send a 6-man pressure and the first player in the backfield is Melifonwu. Unfortunately, he isn’t able to stay square or keep his feet and he ends up on the ground rather than the quarterback. That said, it doesn’t give Bears quarterback Caleb Williams a clean pocket and forces him out, and he ends up having to throw the football away.

 

Moving onto the next play, we get into the later part of the game but Melifonwu is able to record his first sack of the season. Looking at the play above, we’ll see a similar type of blitz from Melifonwu and the Lions defense.

Sending a 6-man pressure with the point of emphasis coming from the middle, the Bears max protect with the running back to prevent any pressure coming from that area. That said, the speed and pursuit from Melifonwu is too much and it leads to the sack.

Overall, it was a strong season debut for Melifonwu. He registered four total tackles, two total pressures and a sack. In coverage, he was only targeted once and no reception was recorded, per Pro Football Reference.

According to Pro Football Focus (PFF), Melifonwu earned a 64.5 run defense grade, 67.0 coverage grade and a 66.5 overall grade. Not bad for a player that hasn’t been healthy enough to play in the preseason or regular season this year. It’s worth noting that he led all safeties last season with a 47.4% pressure rate.

Having Melifonwu back is important for the Lions defense. We see the pressure he brings and he’s able to help consistently in coverage for the defensive backfield. That said, Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn knows exactly how and when to use Melifonwu. Especially when it’s time to get the quarterback.

Caleb Williams is taking way too many sacks, and the Bears have to fix it before it’s too late

Caleb Williams cannot keep taking this many sacks.

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams made a number of impressive plays against the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night.

During Thursday’s home game, Williams showed off his ability to throw on the run, to find receivers in the most difficult circumstances, to turn disasters into opportunities and to recognize weaknesses in a defense.

Williams also showed how the Bears are going to have to make sure giving him the right coach and a really good offensive line will be at the top of their priorities list going into next offseason.

Williams took a ridiculous seven sacks to Seattle’s defense during the 6-3 loss, one where the game-sealing Williams interception came with heavy pressure in his face as he made the final throw.

Rookie quarterbacks are going to make mistakes. They’re going to get sacked. Most rookies struggle to put wins on the board as they acclimate to the rigors of NFL competition, too.

Williams is not exempt from rookie woes, but the amount of sacks he has taken this season so far (67!!!) is beyond unacceptable for the Bears. In fact, it is an embarrassment for a franchise that has been gifted a truly special talent at quarterback. That staggering number does not even include the times Williams has been hit by a defender but still able to get the ball out.

For contrast, Washington Commanders rookie Jayden Daniels (38 sacks), Denver Broncos rookie Bo Nix (22 sacks) and New England Patriots rookie Drake Maye (29 sacks) have all taken far, far fewer sacks than Williams has this year.

You can tell just by looking at Williams on the sideline recently what the effect of all of these sacks is having on him. It’s not great!

Right now, Williams leads the NFL in sacks taken by a quarterback with his 67, ahead of C.J. Stroud’s 52 sacks taken as of Thursday night. Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith is third on the list with 48 sacks taken.

Williams is somehow, with one game left left on Chicago’s schedule against the sack-happy Green Bay Packers, the most-sacked quarterback in the NFL since 2005, when former Houston Texans quarterback David Carr took 68 sacks in the season.

Carr holds the NFL record for sacks taken in a season with 76 in 2002, his rookie campaign. While Williams might not take that many sacks to close the year, he will still end his rookie campaign with a historic amount of sacks taken in one season.

Former Commanders quarterback Sam Howell took 65 sacks last season in his second year in the league, and he is now backing up Smith in Chicago. Howell always had an uphill climb to being a starting NFL quarterback, but the volume of sacks he took with Washington really hurt those slim odds.

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young took 62 sacks last season, and it took a benching this season to help him find his groove again. That amount of sacks absolutely hindered Young in his rookie season and likely carried over to his sophomore struggles before the benching.

Not to be too dramatic, but this is blaring-red-sirens bad for the Bears that Williams might hit 70 sacks by the end of the year.

Not every sack Williams takes is on his offensive line, of course. Some were his fault. Chicago is going to have to get in a better coaching staff in place to teach their first-overall quarterback how to avoid as many sacks as possible.

When it’s not the quarterback’s fault, the Bears’ offensive line is going to have to be astronomically better than it is now to keep him upright as much as possible.

Outside of right tackle Darnell Wright, the entire Chicago offensive line should get overhauled this offseason. Honestly, the Bears need to take their projected $82 million in 2025 cap space and ample 2025 NFL Draft capital and invest in as great an offensive line as they can get.

Williams’ career will depend on it. Taking nearly 70 sacks in your rookie season can be incredibly damaging. Carr’s career in Houston was in part derailed because the franchise could never protect him properly. Do not discount the danger Chicago has put Williams in this season behind this poor offensive line. He’s not afforded the cushion to make his rookie mistakes because of how lackluster the play up front has been.

If the Bears want to break the Sid Luckman streak of not finding their franchise quarterback, they’re going to have to give Williams a fighting chance on game day. That means equipping him with the best offensive line the team can find and the best offensive-minded coaching staff to teach him how to stay out of harm’s way.

Williams really is Chicago’s best chance to settle the quarterback position for the next decade-plus. If this franchise fails at keeping him safe from unnecessary sacks, they’ll waste a golden opportunity to rewrite history.

As far as the present goes, it’s hard not to feel like Chicago is actively letting a truly special quarterback slip through its fingers, one ugly sack at a time.

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Seahawks add to Seattle’s streak of 6-3 wins over Chicago teams

Seattle has a thing for 6-3 win over Chicago teams

The Seattle Mariners defeated the Chicago White Sox, 6-3, on July 27,

The Seattle Mariners defeated the Chicago White Sox, 6-3, on July 28.

So, it was logical that the Seattle Seahawks would defeat the Chicago Bears, 6-3, on Dec. 26.

The Bears have a way — and more than this season to go — to catch the White Sox’ slide. The losses to the  Mariners were part of a 21-game losing streak.

The Bears have lost 10 in a row after being beaten Thursday by the Seahawks at Soldier Field.

They displayed ineptitude when it came to clock management. Calling a timeout after sending the punt team on the field before the two-minute warning.

They continued to huddle as the clock ticked using almost the full 40 seconds on the play clock multiple times.

Sill, they had a chance for a 57-yard field goal attempt by Cairo Santos on another fourth down. Interim coach Thomas Brown decided the better plan was to try for a first down and Caleb Williams’ pass was picked off.

The Bears had 179 yards of offense and their prized rookie QB was sacked seven times. There were a total of 23 first downs in the game played in the rain, which was no excuse for the awful play.

The futile final drive:

  • 1st & 10 at CHI 11

    (5:12 – 4th) (Shotgun) C.Williams right end ran ob at CHI 18 for 7 yards (B.Mafe).

  • 2nd & 3 at CHI 18

    (4:45 – 4th) (No Huddle, Shotgun) D.Swift up the middle to CHI 30 for 12 yards (T.Knight; E.Jones).

  • 1st & 10 at CHI 30

    (4:17 – 4th) (No Huddle, Shotgun) C.Williams scrambles right end to CHI 38 for 8 yards (E.Jones).

  • 2nd & 2 at CHI 38

    (3:39 – 4th) (No Huddle, Shotgun) C.Williams pass short left to K.Allen to CHI 38 for no gain (T.Brown).

  • 3rd & 2 at CHI 38

    (2:54 – 4th) (Shotgun) C.Williams scrambles up the middle to CHI 39 for 1 yard (L.Williams).

  • 4th & 1 at CHI 39

    (2:14 – 4th) Timeout #1 by SEA at 02:14.

  • 4th & 1 at CHI 39

    (2:14 – 4th) (Run formation) PENALTY on CHI-J.Curhan, False Start, 4 yards, enforced at CHI 39 – No Play.

  • 4th & 5 at CHI 35

    (2:14 – 4th) Timeout #1 by CHI at 02:14.

  • 4th & 5 at CHI 35

    (2:14 – 4th) (Shotgun) C.Williams pass short right to D.Moore pushed ob at CHI 49 for 14 yards (D.Witherspoon).

  • 1st & 10 at CHI 49

    (2:05 – 4th) (Shotgun) C.Williams FUMBLES (Aborted) at CHI 43, and recovers at CHI 42. C.Williams sacked at CHI 44 for -5 yards (L.Williams).

  • 2nd & 15 at CHI 44

    (2:00 – 4th) Two-Minute Warning

  • 2nd & 15 at CHI 44

    (2:00 – 4th) (Shotgun) C.Williams pass short left to D.Moore to CHI 45 for 1 yard (U.Nwosu; T.Knight).

  • 3rd & 14 at CHI 45

    (1:15 – 4th) (Shotgun) C.Williams pass short right to R.Odunze to SEA 40 for 15 yards (C.Bryant) [B.Mafe].

  • 1st & 10 at SEA 40

    (0:37 – 4th) (No Huddle, Shotgun) C.Williams pass incomplete short right.

  • 2nd & 10 at SEA 40

    (0:31 – 4th) Timeout #2 by CHI at 00:31.

  • 2nd & 10 at SEA 40

    (0:31 – 4th) (Shotgun) C.Williams pass incomplete deep right to R.Odunze.

  • 3rd & 10 at SEA 40

    (0:26 – 4th) (Shotgun) C.Williams pass incomplete deep right to D.Moore.

  • 4th & 10 at SEA 40

    (0:20 – 4th) Timeout #2 by SEA at 00:20.

  • 4th & 10 at SEA 40

    (0:20 – 4th) (Shotgun) C.Williams pass deep right intended for D.Moore INTERCEPTED by T.Woolen (C.Bryant) [C.Bryant] at SEA 22. T.Woolen pushed ob at SEA 29 for 7 yards (C.Kmet).