Bears' Williams: 'Could care less' about criticism

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Bears backmost Caleb Williams connected Wednesday said helium "could attraction less" astir commentary astir his play pursuing Chicago's triumph connected "Monday Night Football."

"People are going to accidental what they person to say," Williams said aft the Bears extended their triumph streak to 3 games a 2nd consecutive come-from-behind win against the Washington Commanders. "We win, we lose; radical person worldly to say. It was lucky, it was not lucky; radical person worldly to say. Have a atrocious game; person a bully game; radical person worldly to say.

"It doesn't matter. We're lone disquieted astir what's going connected present wrong this gathering and with these guys. That's each I tin accidental astir that."

Williams connected Wednesday was questioned astir however his show was characterized arsenic being "off" during ESPN's "Monday Night Football" broadcast. Analyst Troy Aikman said Williams needed to bash a amended occupation of wherever helium was throwing the shot to his receivers to let them to summation much yards aft the catch.

As the Bears rallied from an eight-point shortage successful the 4th quarter, Williams threw a abbreviated walk to D'Andre Swift, who went 55 yards for a touchdown to chopped Washington's pb to two. Of the play, Aikman said that Commanders information Quan Martin missed a tackle, which led to Swift being arsenic unfastened arsenic helium was, and that receiver DJ Moore pushed cornerback Marshon Lattimore into Martin, who was expected to beryllium covering Swift.

"Just immoderate luck connected Chicago's part," Aikman said connected the broadcast. "It truly wasn't truthful overmuch intended to beryllium a prime [play], but it turned into that based connected however it was defended."

Williams, saying helium was "messing around," poked amusive astatine Aikman's characterization of the touchdown connected an Instagram station Tuesday.

"Nations Cap, bully being back!" Williams' caption said. "It was lucky" -TA. Whooptie Doo [laughing emojis]."

"D'Andre made a large play and evidently [Aikman] had immoderate worldly to accidental astir america oregon maine and, I mean, we came retired victorious successful the end," Williams said Wednesday. "Made a small amusive infinitesimal of it. That was astir it."

Bears manager Ben Johnson told squad broadcaster Jeff Joniak that helium caught a information of the broadcast connected Tuesday greeting portion his children watched the 2nd fractional of the crippled portion getting acceptable for school.

"It sounded similar from that crippled the different night, a fewer radical weren't peculiarly pleased with however we are winning close now," Johnson said. "But listen, successful this league, immoderate mode you tin find a mode to triumph is simply a large deal."

When aboriginal asked whether Aikman's code amazed him, Johnson said, "maybe I conscionable had it connected mute."

"We request to spell gain that respect from not lone the remainder of the teams successful the NFL, but everybody," Johnson said. "Everyone is going to person their ain sentiment connected america arsenic a squad and each player, each manager individually. You bash you champion to artifact the extracurricular noise. We cognize what we're gathering here. We're starting to judge successful each other. The much clip that we get together, I consciousness that. I consciousness it building, and I deliberation that's the astir important thing.

"Ultimately, you bash privation the respect of your peers -- successful particular, the radical you're moving with -- and I deliberation tha...