GLENDALE, Ariz. — Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams damage his left ankle late in Chicago’s 29-9 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday however seems to have prevented a critical damage.
“I landed fallacious and simply sort of tweaked it and [on] the final play, the dude grabbed my ankle and gator rolled,” Williams mentioned. “Tried to get off of it as a result of if you keep on it, that is when dangerous stuff begins to occur and [it] breaks and all of that. Tried to only let my physique go so I might fall and roll with him.”
Williams obtained tousled by Arizona’s defensive entrance after finishing a 6-yard move to Keenan Allen on the ultimate play of the sport. The quarterback obtained up slowly and walked off the sphere with a noticeable limp.
After the sport, Williams mentioned he was “OK.” Coach Matt Eberflus echoed the same sentiment.
“He limped off there a bit bit,” Eberflus mentioned. “When he got here in, [he] appeared to be effective. We’ll verify him within the morning.”
Regardless of trailing by 20 factors when Chicago’s offense took the sphere for its remaining drive with 2:15 remaining, 4 of the Bears’ final 5 performs had been referred to as passes. Eberflus mentioned the Bears saved Williams within the sport regardless of it being a blowout as a result of they had been “getting work and getting timing on the two-minute operation” for the offense.
When requested whether or not he felt he ought to have been enjoying in a sport that was already determined, Williams mentioned it was not his resolution.
“You battle to the tip of the sport, in case you’re within the sport,” Williams mentioned. “If not, [the] coach comes to a decision like that. It’s important to take care of it and work out the subsequent steps. However yeah, not my resolution.”
Sunday marked the primary time in eight video games the Bears didn’t rating a landing. Williams accomplished 22 of 41 move makes an attempt for 217 yards with no turnovers and a 68.9 passer score.
After back-to-back losses in Washington and Arizona, Eberflus acknowledged that Chicago’s offensive points fall on him.
“[I take] full accountability for that,” Eberflus mentioned. “We’ll work with the offensive employees tomorrow morning as we watch this tape tonight and discover solutions. Discover solutions for operating the ball, first. Ensuring you do this and setting the whole lot off of that. Then ensuring we’ve got good actions off of that to start out. On first and second down.
“Then … ensuring our safety is clear. While you shield your quarterback — and our quarterback’s a superb quarterback — he can get the ball down the sphere and do a superb job there.”
