{"id":870,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/870","headline":"Caleb Williams returns from hamstring injury, leads Bears past Falcons 31-23","dek":"Williams completed his first 12 passes and finished 30-of-36 for 305 yards and a touchdown in his first game back since a Week 2 hamstring strain.","body":"Caleb Williams didn't miss a beat. Three weeks removed from a hamstring injury suffered in Week 2 against the Vikings, the Bears quarterback came out firing, completing his first 12 passes of the game, the longest such streak to start a game in his career.\n\nHe finished 30-of-36 for 305 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions as Chicago held off Atlanta 31-23, improving to 4-2 on the season. His opening drive was a tidy 6-for-6, capped by a 14-yard touchdown pass to tight end Colston Loveland, the 50th touchdown pass of Williams's career.\n\nLoveland was a clear beneficiary of Williams's return, hauling in six catches for 65 yards and the score on seven targets. The Bears offense, which had looked out of sync without its starting quarterback, suddenly had its full complement of playmakers back on the field.\n\nWilliams didn't do much with his legs, picking up just three yards on the ground, but that hardly mattered given how cleanly he operated from the pocket. The performance was enough to earn him Player of the Game honors from the FOX broadcast, a nod to a return that showed no lingering effects of the injury that kept him out since Week 2.","published_at":"2026-10-19T00:03:39.222210+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Williams shows no rust in return from injury for Bears: 'I just let it rip'","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50214605/caleb-williams-leads-bears-falcons-return-injury"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Fantasy Football Week 6 Booms & Busts: Caleb Williams makes triumphant return, breathes life into Colston Loveland, Luther Burden III","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy/article/fantasy-football-week-6-booms--busts-caleb-williams-makes-triumphant-return-breathes-life-into-colston-loveland-luther-burden-iii-232553654.html"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"Bears Star Caleb Williams Plays Stellar Football In Return, Earning LFG Player Of The Game","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/caleb-williams-returns-from-injury-earns-lfg-player-game-vs-falcons"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Caleb Williams looks anything but rusty as Bears rebound, survive late Falcons rally","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7701442/2026/10/18/bears-falcons-nfl-week-6-result-takeaways/"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Caleb Williams and the Bears jump out to big lead, hold on to win 31-23","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/caleb-williams-and-the-bears-jump-out-to-big-lead-hold-on-to-win-31-23"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Caleb Williams Injury Update: Bears QB’s Week 6 Status Revealed","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/caleb-williams-injury-bears-qb-110414527.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Falcons vs. Bears radio coverage: Station, channel, streaming to listen live to NFL Week 6 game broadcast","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/falcons-vs-bears-radio-coverage-112002201.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Is Caleb Williams playing today? 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