Caleb Williams knew that winning over Chicago Bears fans would be difficult. Sure, he was the #1 pick in the draft. That came with a certain degree of hope. Still, this was a fanbase that had been burned by countless 1st-round quarterbacks in the past. Mitch Trubisky failed. Justin Fields failed. Why should they think he’d be any different? To show them that he was serious about changing the organization’s culture, Williams needed a way to connect with them and understand them. It didn’t take long to find it.
Hatred of the Green Bay Packers.
The quarterback quickly realized that if he took up the call of war against the Bears’ eternal rivals, he might get everybody believing in the franchise’s direction. It couldn’t just be about winning games, though. Williams had to take it a step further. He must go out of his way to take digs at the Packers at every opportunity. He certainly did that. He’d encourage ‘Green Bay Sucks!’ chants at restaurants. He’d retweet insults on Twitter. Everything came to a head following the 2025 wild card win in the playoffs, when he literally shaved a block of cheese on the national broadcast.
Caleb Williams isn’t above targeting specific players, it seems.
Up until now, the Bears quarterback has kept his jabs general. It’s all about needling the Packers organization itself. However, it seems he doesn’t mind narrowing his focus to specific players. It is common knowledge that Green Bay fans insist up and down that their quarterback, Jordan Love, is the superior player to Williams. Ball-knowers see it. Blind Bears fans can’t. Unfortunately, there are things called stats that help paint a clearer picture, and Love doesn’t come off well. Williams made sure to highlight one sensitive spot for Green Bay’s signal caller.
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For years, Bears fans have argued with Packers fans that it’s Love who is overrated. Sure, his numbers look good on paper. Yet the moment you start digging deeper, they get worse and worse. His accuracy on deep throws is only one example. Not enough people talk about how he performs when under pressure. Through three seasons, Love has 12 touchdowns, 12 interceptions, and a completion percentage below 48%.
Passing Metric (Under Pressure Only) 2023 Season 2024 Season 2025 Season
Total Under-Pressure Dropbacks 160 Dropbacks 192 Dropbacks 200 Dropbacks
Completion Percentage 47.7% 47.8% 41.6%
Passing Touchdowns 5 TDs 7 TDs 0 TDs
Interceptions Thrown 3 INTs 5 INTs 4 INTs
Yards Per Attempt (YPA) 7.2 YPA 6.1 YPA 5.0 YPA
Then you have the clutch factor.
This last one is a hotly contested topic. Love has won some big games in his career. There is no doubting that. The problem is that evidence is mounting that he just can’t seem to handle crunch time as either of his predecessors could. Think about this. Love has now played in four playoff games with Green Bay. He has nine touchdowns and five interceptions across that time. The crazy part is? Four of those touchdowns came in a four-quarter span, with the first half against Dallas in 2023 and the first half against Chicago this past January. In the other 12 quarters? He has five touchdowns and five interceptions. While only being sacked three times, mind you.
Not to be outdone, his performance in the 4th quarter is also underwhelming. He’s completing barely 58% of his passes with 22 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. This showed up in a big way against Caleb Williams. After throwing three touchdowns in the first half against Chicago, Love only managed six points in the second, with his lone TD being a bubble screen that Matthew Golden took for the score. Then, on the biggest drive of his career, Love went 5-of-11 with his last three passes all being incompletions.
Erik Lambert
Erik Lambert
I’m a football writer with more than 15 years covering the Chicago Bears. I hold a master’s degree in the Teaching of Writing from Columbia College Chicago, and my work on Sports Mockery has earned more than twenty million views. I focus on providing analysis, context, and reporting on Bears strategy, roster decisions, and team developments, and I’ve shared insight on 670 The Score, ESPN 1000, and football podcasts in the U.S. and Europe.