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Albert Breer

Week 5 NFL Takeaways: Caleb Williams Playing Like No. 1 Draft Pick

Williams had 338 total yards and two touchdowns in the Bears’ win over the Panthers. | Daniel Bartel-Imagn Images

What a fun, entertaining Week 5. We’re ready to roll with the takeaways to recap it all, morning (Hello, London!) to night …

Caleb Williams looked like the first pick in the NFL draft on Sunday. Tucked into that fact is this—the Chicago Bears had a good enough team over the first month of the season to allow him the time to get there. In Week 1, it was a pick-six and a score on a blocked punt doing the job for Chicago. In dropping their next two games, the coaching staff never panicked or asked too much of its quarterback. Instead, Williams got to play, make his mistakes, and learn.

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