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Article10 Bears Takes: Run Game Dominance, Caleb Williams Improvement, History Made
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Williams going 21-for-29 (72.4%) for 269 passing yards and two passing touchdowns, while adding 65 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. Even more impressive, he averaged 9.3 yards per attempt... Williams taking what the defense gave him resulted in higher efficiency, fewer incompletions, and was a good contribution to Week 1's highest-scoring offense.
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Williams' 72.4% completion and career-best 15.19 EPA show sustainable efficiency gains.

Williams demonstrated significant improvement in Week 1 efficiency metrics: 21-for-29 (72.4% completion), 269 passing yards, 2 passing TDs, 65 rushing yards, 2 rushing TDs, 9.3 yards per attempt, and 15.19 total EPA (career-best). His willingness to take checkdowns early (5-for-5 start) resulted in higher efficiency rather than lower, with his second-highest yards-per-attempt in his career and best EPA performance. This approach—taking what the defense gave him—contributed directly to the Bears' historic 59-point offensive outburst and suggests sustainable improvement in decision-making and execution.

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