After watching the Chicago Bears' offense work throughout the 2025 season, the fan base knew there was something different about this unit.
From the incredible throws Bears quarterback Caleb Williams was making to the young players stepping up, and even how clutch the team was late in the fourth quarter. A new stat from UF Sports Analytics Lab's Josh's X account showed a chart of how long it takes, on average, for a quarterback to get the ball to a wide receiver in 2025, as the Williams-Rome Odunze connection was interesting, to say the least.
"Rome Odunze, on average, was thrown to after 3.37 seconds. It is by far the largest number for all eligible receivers: more than 3 standard deviations higher than average."
It takes a while for Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze to connect
Some might look at it as a negative since it is taking so long for the two to connect. Bears fans would like to see the ball come out quicker to the receivers. Josh explained how to look at it with an example.
"What does this mean? We can look at a quarterback's time to throw. This just looks at the receiver side. So let's say Stafford threw four passes: 2 passes to Puka in 2.5s, 2 passes to Higbee in 3s. The total average would be 2.75 for Stafford and the stat showing the average for the players."
This is all part of Williams' game, though, as last year he improved on utilizing his legs more to create scramble drills for his receivers to get open. Williams and Odunze just so happened to be on the same page with those kinds of situations.
Bears tight end Colston Loveland and former wide receiver DJ Moore were also on the chart, with them being on the longer end. Moore was a little bit more than 2.9 seconds, with Loveland just ahead of three seconds.
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Chicago's offense was kind of built around the chaos of a play breaking down and Williams making something out of it. While it's something Bears head coach Ben Johnson would like to avoid in the future, at least he's got the right quarterback and receivers for the situation.