Bears @ Packers: Caleb Williams 2024 Week 18 Grade

Caleb Williams Week 18 score. First, I plan on doing a final wrap up of the season in the coming weeks, there some more data I wanna aggregate for that so keep your eyes open for that.

On to the notes.

-I've been using UG (Ungraded) scoring a lot more to cut down on plays that I deem "cheap." (plays that honestly many of us should make.) And that goes for the other QB's I grade as well. This week saw 8 of those plays, with an additional 6 throw aways. I more than likely will be adding another score for these throws and/or changing Average throws scoring so they are less impactful in overall scoring. -Note on the throw aways, Caleb Williams finished in the league lead in throw aways, but this may have been the first week he made a concerted effort to do so to avoid sacks/unnecessary extension of a play.

-I stopped counting but NFL Next Gen stats had 11 passes behind the LOS, so basically, 11 screens. 11 of his 29 attempts were behind the LOS, man am I happy we're getting a new offense next year.

-Absolutely mundane first half and almost felt wrong awarding any score for it, that said he wasn't inaccurate and 3 of his 4 incompletions were throw aways.

-Worst throws of the afternoon were a completion to DJ Moore that bounced off a defenders helmet and a tunnel screen that he missed badly to DJ Moore. Outside those two throws Caleb was accurate, albeit it's not hard to do so with a 2.1 ADOT.

-Best throw came on the game winning drive, the sideline throw to Rome Odunze for 15 as Caleb escaped pressure and hit his man on a dead run. Honorable mention to the throw to DJ to get us into field goal range, it's scored as "Average" seeing as it wasn't a difficult throw, but his audible at the line to make that throw and put the team in a position to win the game is some Elite level mental stuff.

-Majority of the second half throw scoring came in the final drive. That's 2 games Caleb was tasked with getting the Bears in a position to win late against the Packers, and he delivered both times. Bears are a fingertip away from being 2-0 against the Packers during Williams' tenure.

-As "pointless" as many like to label it, man did it feel good beating the Packers in Lambeau once again. For the full season of tracking, please click here.