Bears head coach Ben Johnson said on Monday that the 9-3 team is “winning in spite of our passing game ” and he understands that it is hard not to associate that thought with the team’s quarterback.

Johnson was clear in his comments that “everybody has a role to play to get this pass game cleaned up,” but he circled back to them at a Tuesday press conference with a focus on quarterback Caleb Williams.

“I think when I made that comment yesterday, it’s easily to construe it as I’m not happy with the quarterback,” Johnson said. “That’s not the case whatsoever. He continues to get better each and every week, and I couldn’t be more pleased with how he played last week.”

Williams is last among qualified quarterbacks in completion percentage this season and isn’t close to the 70 percent nu

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