For a moment on Wednesday, Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson paused his team’s preparation for Sunday’s game against Las Vegas Raiders to acknowledge a major achievement.
Johnson announced in front of the entire team during a meeting that quarterback Caleb Williams had been named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 3. He became the first Bears player to win the honor in two years and the first quarterback to earn it in three seasons.
But Williams wasn’t in a mood to celebrate Wednesday. He had already moved on to figure out a way to beat the Raiders and continue his growth in Johnson’s system.
“It’s Wednesday now,” Williams told reporters at Halas Hall in Lake Forest on Wednesday. “And it’s time to move on and focus on the Raiders and obviously we have a tall task a