
The Chicago Bears are moving on after eliminating the rival Green Bay Packers on Saturday night. But Chicago's first playoff win in 15 years didn't come without drama.
Caleb Williams led the Bears on a historic comeback — the largest playoff comeback in franchise history — to secure his first career playoff win. Adding a monumental moment to his second season, Williams turned the Bears' fortunes around by picking up his own play and then pulling off the 31-27 win.
Trading 21-3 at halftime, Chicago would score 28 second-half points, including 25 in the fourth quarter. Williams would finish the night throwing for 361 yards by completing 24-of-48 passes.
He threw two touchdown passes, both of which came after he tossed two costly picks in the first half. However, those interceptions don't matter now and aren't the story because Williams made sure the Bears never gave up, fulfilling their season-long prophecy with another comeback that followed six fourth-quarter comebacks from the regular season.
Down 27-24 with 1:43 on the game clock, Williams dropped back and threw what would become the game-winning 29-yard strike to wide receiver DJ Moore, who got by the defender and walked into the end zone.
DJ FREAKING MOORE
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) January 11, 2026
: @NFLonPrime pic.twitter.com/igTC04pKXw
By pulling off the organization's first playoff win since beating the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Divisional Round in January 2011, the Bears in turn completed a postseason comeback that now stands as the largest in their long history.
This Bears team is now tied with the sixth-largest comeback ever for any NFL team. They are also just the fourth team to win after trailing by at least 15 points in the fourth quarter of a playoff game.
The @ChicagoBears are the 4th team to come back after trailing by 15+ points in the 4th quarter in playoff history pic.twitter.com/TWmJ344Lov
— NFL (@NFL) January 11, 2026
And it even approached the biggest comeback in any game for the franchise — that belongs to a 20-point comeback that led to a 24-23 October win over the Arizona Cardinals in 2006.
Of course, a historic playoff win still counts as just one playoff win, and it's now up to Williams and the Bears to keep advancing next week.
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