{"id":715,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/715","headline":"Caleb Williams full-go at practice, Bears still cagey on start","dek":"Williams logged another complete practice Thursday, but coach Ben Johnson has not confirmed he will start this weekend.","body":"Caleb Williams took part in a full practice Thursday, the latest sign that the Bears quarterback could be back in the lineup this weekend. It marks another session without restrictions, continuing a trend that has fueled expectations he is nearing a return.\n\nEven so, Chicago is not ready to make it official. Ben Johnson has stopped short of committing to Williams as the starter, leaving the quarterback situation unsettled even as the on-field evidence points toward his comeback.\n\nThe uncertainty keeps the Bears' quarterback carousel spinning for at least a few more days. Williams practicing fully is the clearest indicator yet that the team could have its top option back under center, but until Johnson says so directly, the starting job remains technically unresolved heading into the weekend matchup.","published_at":"2026-10-17T05:34:53.087177+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Caleb Williams had another full practice Thursday","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/caleb-williams-had-another-full-194044463.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Caleb Williams had another full practice Thursday","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/caleb-williams-had-another-full-practice-thursday"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Bears’ Caleb Williams expected to practice in full, but Ben Johnson isn’t committing to a return","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7690477/2026/10/15/bears-caleb-williams-possible-return/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Caleb Williams one step closer to making return in Week 6","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/caleb-williams-one-step-closer-205024124.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Bears could get back their 'explosiveness' with Caleb Williams return","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bears-could-back-explosiveness-caleb-213744541.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/374d3e4/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F550%2F247%2Fnbc_pft_calebwilliamspracticing_261015.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}