The NFL just revealed its official Pro Bowl rosters for the 2025 season. Unsurprisingly, the Chicago Bears had some representatives after their 11 wins and playoff berth. Joe Thuney continued assembling his Hall of Fame career with a fourth straight appearance. Center Drew Dalman has now reached his first, cementing what was an incredible offseason for the Bears in acquiring both. The last was, of course, safety Kevin Byard, who rebounded from some quieter seasons with six interceptions. However, there was one notable absence: Nahshon Wright.

An afterthought when the team signed him in the summer, the former 3rd round pick went from training camp body to the league leader in takeaways. He has five interceptions, two forced fumbles, and three recovered fumbles. The guy has been a magnet for the football all year. Players with that staggering level of impact play should be acknowledged with the Pro Bowl. Yet he was left off. Lots of people are upset about it. Even Green Bay Packers star Micah Parsons believes the decision was baffling.

Nahshon Wright did everything possible.

He put up big numbers. He played on a winning team and was a huge reason for its success. His story is easily one of the best in the league this year, going from a castoff of multiple teams to an irreplaceable starter. What else could he have done? The only explanation for this slight is that the NFL felt he was too much of a feast-or-famine player. While his big plays were excellent, he’s credited with allowing six touchdown passes. That might’ve been what held some voters back from giving him the honor.

If so, it’s an incredible bit of nitpicking. There have been players honored with Pro Bowl nods for far less than what he has accomplished this year. Don’t forget he’s been playing behind what many believe is the worst pass rush in the NFL. There are cornerbacks playing behind Parsons who accomplished significantly less. It’s little wonder the superstar edge rusher was perplexed by the decision. He may play for the enemy, but he knows an injustice when he sees one. Besides, he used to be teammates with Wright in Dallas. That felt personal to him.

Kurt Warner built a Hall of Fame career by understanding what separates great coaches from everybody else. He was fortunate enough to play with a few of them during his run as a quarterback. There was Mike Martz in St. Louis and, later, Todd Haley in Arizona. Both were sharp offensive minds that had a firm grasp on what it took to attack defenses. Based on what he’s seen this year, Ben Johnson has those same characteristics as a player caller. Aside from endless creativity, there is something else.

Warner explained on 670 The Score. It is the ability to see into the future, running plays out a specific formation one way for most of the game, only to then run a completely different play out of the same formation.

The epic win on Saturday night against Green Bay serves as evidence. In the 3rd quarter, Chicago was backed up to their 2-yard line. They lined up with two tight ends (Colston Loveland and Cole Kmet) to the left, with a third tight end (Durham Smythe) in the fullback spot. Kmet went in motion to the right side. On the snap, Caleb Williams handed it off to Kyle Monangai, who rumbled for 13 yards.

Fast forward to overtime.

Chicago is at Green Bay’s 46. It’s the same formation and the same personnel. Kmet and Loveland to the left and Smythe at fullback. The Packers had already seen this earlier in the game. They knew a run was coming. It didn’t matter. They had a Cover 0 blitz called, which should have had no issue stopping it. The problem is Johnson was ready for that. Once Green Bay showed blitz, Williams checked to a play action pass. Both safeties bit on the fake, leaving D.J. Moore one-on-one with cornerback Keisean Nixon.

Ball game.

Kurt Warner understands the advantages of this.

He said that his goal was to make the same things to look different and different things to look the same. In other words, he designs plays specifically for their ability to have run and pass concepts built into them. This way, the offense can adjust to whatever the defense shows. Saturday was merely the latest example. Kurt Warner understands that this philosophy can be particularly unfair to defenses when executed correctly. They’re essentially caught in no-man’s land, forced into situations where they have to think rather than react.

This is what the greatest offensive minds can do. They put defenses into conflict. Once you do that, you have the advantage of surprise. This reason alone justified the Bears’ hiring of Ben Johnson. The fact that he is also a natural leader is merely the icing on the cake. As the weeks go on, it becomes easier and easier to see why the Bears have turned around so quickly. Their offense is a nightmare to dissect, let alone stop. If this is what the future looks like, this team will be a problem for a long time.

The Chicago Bears have tried for three years to get some form of cooperation from Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on helping them build a new stadium. It even reached the point where the organization agreed to fund the construction entirely on its own. All they required was help with infrastructure. Pritzker refused to budge. He even doubled down by basically telling them not to ask in 2026 either. That message reverberated throughout Halas Hall and seems to have been the breaking point for the McCaskey family. They gave team president Kevin Warren the green light to reopen the search for a new location, this time including northwest Indiana.

Most people think the Bears are bluffing. Chicago has been their home since the 1920s. There is no way they’d leave. Except a report recently came out that the Bears are already doing early tests on potential sites in Hammond, Indiana. If that weren’t enough, a big story broke in Kansas City, revealing that the Chiefs plan to leave Missouri for Kansas in their own new stadium in 2031.

If the three-time Super Bowl champions are willing to leave a hallowed place like Arrowhead Stadium after so many years, that should signal to Pritzker that this idea that the Bears are bluffing might be dangerously misguided.

The Chicago Bears aren’t asking for nearly as much as the Chiefs.

Keep this in mind. No less than 70% of their new stadium will be publicly funded. That was the big lure to get them to move. By contrast, the Bears’ request accounted for approximately 17% of the projected total costs of the project. That is a pittance compared to what Kansas will pay the Chiefs. Pritzker still said no. Now he’s threatening to become the first Illinois governor to let a professional sports team leave the state in over 75 years. That doesn’t seem like a smart political move, especially now that the Bears are finally winning.

Make no mistake. This announcement from the Chiefs is a dose of cold water on Prtizker. He’s felt like he had the leverage in negotiations from the start. Once the Chicago Bears decided that leaving the state was a real option, that completely flipped. Seeing them leave the city for a local suburb is one thing. Seeing them leave the state entirely is another. Pritzker fell into a trap many before him have. He overplayed his hand. Now it might be too late to reel things back in.

Caleb Williams hadn’t really used a particular celebration during his rookie season or through the first half of 2025. However, as his confidence grew, he felt it was time to break out something he felt fit him. He debuted it against the Cleveland Browns in one of the coldest games ever at Soldier Field. After throwing one of the craziest touchdown passes of the season to D.J. Moore, Williams wrapped his hands over his arms and rubbed up and down, indicating it was ice cold.

The quarterback later said he got the idea from British soccer superstar Cole Palmer, who uses the celebration after his goals. Palmer has won numerous championships throughout his career, including the Champions League in the 2022-2023 season.

As it turns out, either by accident or clever planning, the move has another meaning that most people are unaware of. According to experts, that gesture is also a sign in American Sign Language. What does it mean?

“Bear.”

That is either the craziest coincidence on the planet or a genius discovery Williams baked into the celebration. Don’t forget this is the same guy who used the Claw gesture all the time when he first arrived. Fans started doing it. He’s not stupid.

Caleb Williams continues to ingratiate himself with Chicago.

Obviously, the quickest way to win fans over is by winning football games. He is doing that. However, the toughest part from his perspective is getting them to believe in him. No one can blame them for being skeptical. They’ve been burned by quarterbacks going back decades, surrounded by constant disappointment. Williams knew he had to carry himself with unwavering confidence. Fans aren’t stupid. They can smell weakness in quarterbacks. Six 4th quarter comebacks and an overtime win for the ages over Green Bay has finally broken the dam.

Chicago believes. The Iceman cometh.

Nobody knows how far the Bears will go in the playoffs. Just being there feels like a miracle after where this team was a year ago. One thing they do know is that Caleb Williams is the real deal. He is a franchise quarterback, the first this organization has seen since World War II. Some have come close, like McMahon and Cutler. None ever hit that final gear. Williams left no doubts that night at Soldier Field. This is his team, and he’s preparing to take them to the top.

The Green Bay Packers were in a familiar position. They held the lead in the 4th quarter against the Chicago Bears. Everybody knew the story by then. A couple more plays would be made and they head home with another victory. All they had to do was recover an onside kick, which had an 8% chance of success anyway. It was over. Cairo Santos kicked the ball. It bounced a few times. Rome Doubs, the Packers’ ever-reliable receiver, waited to scoop it up. Then…chaos. Doubs grabbed for the ball too high, allowing it to his the turf. Bears special teams ace Josh Blackwell immediately pounced on it.

Just like that, it was a different game. Caleb Williams led the team down the field with under two minutes left, finding Jahdae Walker on 4th down for the equalizer touchdown. Montez Sweat sacked Malik Willis to force overtime. Green Bay seemed to regain their footing with a good drive to open the extra frame, but fumbled the snap on 4th down at the Bears’ 36. Three plays later, Williams launched arguably the most beautiful pass in franchise history to D.J. Moore for a game-winning touchdown.

It was a game for the ages, and the only thing that might’ve been as entertaining as it was seeing Packers fans crumble to pieces as it unfolded. The reactions are as legendary and hilarious as you can possibly imagine.

The Chicago Bears finally got some payback.

After all, how many times had the Packers done that to them over the years when Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers were the quarterbacks? Every other year, it felt like they were pulling some late magic to rip out the Bears’ hearts. Green Bay fans were always delighted every step of the way. Now they get a taste of what that felt like for so many years. It’s not fun, is it? The fact that it came at the hands of a Bears quarterback made it extra sweet. This wasn’t a fluke happenstance brought about by a special team play or a defensive showcase. This was Williams ripping their hearts out.

It is impossible to know how far the Chicago Bears will go in the playoffs. They’re a flawed team. Everybody can see it. Yet one thing is clearer than ever. They aren’t afraid of the Packers anymore. Williams is 2-2 against them and would be 3-1 if not for a blocked field goal last year. Now he knows he can overcome their supposed mastery of late-game situations. This game might be the pendulum finally swinging back in Chicago’s direction. Maybe we’ll see more videos like that in the near future.