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ArticleCaleb Williams Week 1 QB Grade: Bears @ Panthers Film Breakdown
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Williams finishes Week 1 with final grades of 1st Half (6.60) / 2nd Half (-0.30) / Game (6.30), earning a 'Great' grade to open the 2026 campaign. That 6.60 first-half grade is also the highest grade I've given out for any individual half since I began grading. Among every game I've graded, this performance ranks in the 93rd percentile, it also is his second highest graded game in his career, and his best graded game since week 10 in 2025, against the Giants.
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Williams' 6.30 game grade ranks 93rd percentile; best half grade on record.

Williams earned a 'Great' overall game grade of 6.30 (1st half: 6.60, 2nd half: -0.30) in Week 1 against Carolina; his 6.60 first-half grade is the highest individual half grade given by the grader since grading began; the performance ranks in the 93rd percentile among all graded games, is his second-highest graded game in his career, and his best since Week 10 2025 against the Giants; he finished first among five graded quarterbacks (Williams, Ward, Daniels, Love, Shough) in Week 1.

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