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The Bears beat the Patriots 27-24 on a 58-yard field goal from Cairo Santos with 11 seconds left, a kick that extended his career long by two yards and capped a game where both rookie quarterbacks, Caleb Williams and Drake Maye, showed exactly why their franchises believe they have found long-term answers. The kick itself was a shock—the Bears had been in field goal range, backed up by a penalty, and everyone assumed they would try to draw the Patriots offside. Instead, they snapped it, Santos drilled it, and the game was over. Simmons called it a "miracle."

The Caleb Williams–Ben Johnson Partnership

The Bears are now 5-2, and the conversation around them has shifted from "are they for real?" to "how far can they go?" The answer, according to Tom Pelissero, depends almost entirely on the push-pull between Williams and offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. Johnson can scheme open receivers for almost anyone—he did it with Case Keenum—but Williams has the ability to do things that are not on schedule, to improvise and elevate plays that break the structure. The best example came on a third-and-11 from deep in his own territory, when Williams zipped a pass into a tight window with two defensive backs closing. "That's why it's Caleb Williams," Pelissero said. The tension is that Johnson sometimes wants Williams to just run the play as designed, and Williams sometimes wants to fr