Caleb Williams has found a way to keep needling Green Bay, and this time he brought his dog into the act.
The Bears quarterback has been leaning into the cheese joke for months. It started in December, when he wore a cheese grater hat after Chicago beat the Packers.
Then in January, he took it a step further on a live Prime Video postgame segment after the Bears’ wild-card win, holding up an actual grater and a block of cheese. The bit caught on fast, and fans are still showing up to Soldier Field with cheese graters in hand months later.
Now Williams has extended the gag to Supa, his English bulldog. He attached a small cheese grater to the dog’s collar, turning the running Packers troll into a pet accessory. Supa already has a strong online presence of his own, with more than 59,000 Instagram followers since Williams adopted him years ago.
A post showing the dog wearing the new setup went viral on Saturday, and the early reaction was mostly positive. “Love it. He’s dialed in,” one fan wrote.
“Ok hes the goat,” another added.
“Best thing I have seen today!” a third fan chimed in.
The mood changed when some commenters brought up a different dog controversy from last month. “Is this the dog whose ears he mutilated for aesthetics?” one person asked.
“Thankfully he didn’t abuse this dog like his other one,” another wrote.
Those remarks appear to be aimed at the wrong pet. Williams drew criticism in August after posting a photo of a newly adopted Doberman with visibly cropped ears, a cosmetic procedure many veterinarians view as medically unnecessary.
Supa is not that dog. He’s an Olde English Bulldog, and his ears have never been altered.
Williams has owned Supa since his final year in college and has talked about the dog adding “swag and energy” to his life in interviews going back to his USC days.
For now, the cheese-grater routine is still rolling. Chicago won’t see Green Bay again until Week 5 in October, which gives Supa plenty of time to settle in with his new look before the rivalry picks back up on the field.
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