Caleb Williams found himself back in the spotlight Monday night, and not for anything he did on the field.
The Chicago Bears quarterback was seen on the sideline during the Bears-Eagles game walking around normally just days after suffering a non-contact leg injury against the Vikings. That earlier play looked devastating in the moment.
Williams rolled left on a critical first-and-goal snap, then suddenly went down after feeling something give way in his right leg on the wet turf. He screamed in pain, clutched the upper back part of his thigh, and had to be helped off by staff before being taken to the locker room on a medical cart.
At first, plenty of Chicago fans feared the worst. Some believed the injury might be a season-ending Achilles tear. An MRI later showed a Grade 2 hamstring strain.
But once the sideline footage from the Bears-Eagles game surfaced, the reaction online turned sharply. Fans quickly piled on Williams, mocking the contrast between the painful scene from the Vikings game and how easily he appeared to move a few days later.
“I’ve pulled a hamstring before, I’m not walking like this a week after,” one fan said.
“It’s a miracle he’s even walking right now 😂,” a second fan stated.
“Omg, he can walk?!! It’s a Christmas Miracle!! What a pus,” a third fan stated about Caleb Williams.
“Surprising he is not in a wheelchair!” a third fan stated.
Williams is expected to miss three to four weeks. The Bears initially listed him as week-to-week.
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