"The second-year quarterback realized that when he woke up Monday morning, his routine would be different. Instead of arriving at the team facility to make corrections from Sunday's game while envisioning ways to pull off another miracle comeback, Williams would have his exit meeting with coach Ben Johnson and general manager Ryan Poles, pack his belongings and say his goodbyes to teammates."
"The jarring way the Bears' season ended with an interception in overtime will sting for a while, but where Chicago's road ended -- given how the season started with two straight losses -- sent Williams into the offseason hungrier for more. "You see what championship level is, you see what you need to do to be at the position that you want to be at at the end of the year," Williams said. "You see what you have to do, you figure it out""
Caleb Williams drove away from Soldier Field after the Chicago Bears' season ended with a 20-17 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the divisional round. He recognized his routine would change, and instead of practicing corrections he faced an exit meeting with coach Ben Johnson and general manager Ryan Poles, packed his belongings and said goodbyes to teammates. The overtime interception will sting, but the playoff run after starting the season 0-2 left Williams hungrier. He said seeing championship level clarified what is required and that setbacks demand resilience. The team's brass believed pairing Johnson with Williams would be a football marriage.
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