GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Bears’ most disappointing season in current reminiscence — perhaps ever — got here to an finish Sunday in a most sudden manner. On matriarch Virginia McCaskey’s 102nd birthday, the 5-12 Bears beat the rival Packers on the last gun. Listed below are three takeaways:
A uncommon rivalry win
The Bears received at Lambeau Subject for the primary time since 2015. They hadn’t overwhelmed the Packers at any stadium since December 2018, when the Bears clinched the NFC North. Rookie quarterback Caleb Williams now has as many profession wins in opposition to the Packers as Mitch Trubisky and Justin Fields mixed.
Ugly
The Bears completed final within the NFC North for the second time in three years and the sixth time since 2014. They haven’t received a playoff recreation since 2010 and haven’t reached the playoffs since 2020. The three different NFC North groups are going to the postseason.
Cairo kicks it
Cairo Santos’ game-winning 51-yard area aim as time expired was the eighth kick he’s constructed from at the least 50 yards this season, essentially the most in franchise historical past. After setting a franchise file with 35 area objectives final 12 months, Santos had solely 20 this season.
Caleb Williams is an improve from Mitch Trubisky and Justin Fields, however nonetheless has an extended approach to go to change into the elite quarterback the Bears are on the lookout for. Teaching failed, however common supervisor Ryan Poles had the worst season of all.
Bears quarterbacks are measured by what they do in opposition to the Packers. In his first recreation at Lambeau Subject, Williams measured up when it mattered.
