{"id":352502,"date":"2026-09-21T15:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352502\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T15:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:16:16","slug":"bears-gets-huge-caleb-williams-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352502\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears gets huge Caleb Williams injury update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bears fans might be able to breathe a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n

On NBC\u2019s broadcast of \u201cSunday Night Football,\u201d Mike Florio provided an update on Caleb Williams, who exited Chicago\u2019s Week 2 loss to the Vikings in the fourth quarter with an injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looked bad, but I am told that there is optimism that it is not a severe injury,\u201d Florio said.<\/a> \u201cIt could be as slight as a Grade 1, that\u2019s the lowest level of a hamstring injury\u2026I\u2019m told that Caleb is in good spirits to attack the recovery, whatever it may be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) waves as he is carted off the field after an injury during the second half of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings in Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh<\/p>\n

Florio also noted that Williams suffered a left hamstring injury while at USC, so he is familiar with the recovery.<\/p>\n

Williams went down scrambling on first-and-goal and was heard screaming in agony, grabbing his right leg. He was helped off the field before being carted to the locker room, visibly emotional while giving fans a thumbs-up nearing the tunnel.<\/p>\n

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) grimaces in pain after going down late in the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field in Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. Mark Black\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is carted off the field after an injury during the second half of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings in Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m actually happy it\u2019s nothing with the knee,\u201d Bears head coach Ben Johnson told reporters postgame. \u201cThat was my first inclination, but the hamstring could be pretty damaging as well. We\u2019ll see how bad it is tomorrow, and we\u2019ll go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) lies on the field with an apparent injury against the Minnesota Vikings during the second half at Soldier Field in Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

CHGO Sports\u2019 Adam Jahns reported that Williams was walking under his own power in the locker room<\/a> without crutches.<\/p>\n

Before the injury, Williams was 15 of 26 for 138 yards with an interception. Tyson Bagent replaced Williams in the fourth quarter and nearly led the Bears to a comeback before being sacked on fourth down in the red zone on the final play of a 9-3 loss.<\/p>\n

Bagent will start if Williams has to miss games. He started four games in 2023, posting a 2-2 record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bears fans might be able to breathe a sigh of relief. On NBC\u2019s broadcast of \u201cSunday Night Football,\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[12339,2086,9,11,10,22,319],"class_list":["post-352502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-caleb-williams","tag-chicago-bears","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}