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ArticleCaleb Williams is a top-five NFL QB, and he’s doing it his way
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Williams has become a top-five quarterback in the NFL in his third season, and he's done it by showing the doubters he can do what they said he couldn't: the little things. A year after being a big-game hunter (9.2 average depth of target) who struggled to consistently complete passes (58.1% completion rate), Williams has transformed himself into one of the most dangerous "game-managers" in the league (70.9% completion rate, second in the NFL behind Joe Burrow).
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Williams is a top-five QB on pace for 4,000 yards despite missing three games.

Williams has become a top-five quarterback in the NFL in his third season; on pace to become the Bears' first-ever 4,000-yard passer despite missing three games in 2026; has transformed from a big-game hunter (9.2 ADOT, 58.1% completion rate in 2025) into one of the most dangerous game-managers in the league with a 70.9% completion rate (second in NFL behind Joe Burrow) and dramatically lowered ADOT of 6.8 in 2026; the source characterizes his second season in Ben Johnson's offense as producing the third-year leap teams seek from young quarterbacks.

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