Before a still-inexplicable four-interception game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 9, Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has not thrown multiple interceptions in a game since Week 3 of his rookie season.
Some of Williams critics would say that's because of his scattershot accuracy. If his own receivers can't reel in his passes, defenders can't touch them either, right? Of course those same critics would like to ignore the number of dropped passes and such Bears' pass catchers had last season.
This season, Williams has ben a notably more accurate quarterback in Year 2 running Ben Johnson's offense. He is completing 68.7 percent of his passes, while maintaining solid air yard numbers and reducing bad throws (outside of Week 9, anyway).
That accuracy is helping sustain drives. In each of his five starts before the ugly showing against the Buccaneeers, the Bears had at least roughly a five-minute advantage in time of possession. With the run game struggling to be as prolific in the absence of Kyle Monangai for five games before the bye, Williams has become important to controlling the ball.
Packers fans will hate how there's another reason Caleb Williams is better than Jordan Love
Even after he beat them in a clutch moment twice last season, Packers fans will still say Williams was lucky and he's still not as good as their guy. Jordan Love is a fine quarterback, as Green Bay continues their run of absolutely enviable stability at the most important position in the sport. Yet a segment of that team's fans just can't handle how the Bears actually have a quarterback now, and how he's not going away for quite awhile.
It's worth noting Love has played in all nine of the Packers' games this season, while Williams of course missed three games with a hamstring injury. So that he has thrown six interceptions isn't overly egregious.
But Pro Football Focus has offered a stat showing some good fortune for Love.
These QBs have had a little bit of luck on their side this season pic.twitter.com/LhqYZEuGUe
— PFF (@PFF) November 13, 2026
In most categories, no quarterback wants to be in the company of Deshaun Watson, Daniel Jones, Malik Willis or Michael Penix so far this season. That's the company Love is keeping, and leading, in regard to dropped interceptions.
To be fair, dropped interceptions, like drops themselves, can be tracked very subjectively across sources. But wait, there's more.
Jordan Love has been a little too fortunate when it comes to dropped interceptions
According to PFF, among quarterbacks with at least 73 dropbacks this season, Williams has the highest adjusted completion rate (81.5). Love is 27th, at 74.1 percent.
Of course Packers fans would then cite how Love has been victimized by drops. They'd also be right to say that. The 23 drops Love has had lead the league by seven, and only Baker Mayfield has had a higher rate of his passes dropped so far this season.
But, as mentioned, those same Packers fans would be loathe to mention how drops impacted Williams last year, if they were even to mention that at all. But if a heaping pile of drops didn't matter then, they shouldn't matter now, regardless of the quarterback being discussed.
Of course, that's not how it work with the majority of fans. Your team's quarterback was greatly impacted by drops? Well, he still stinks. My team's quarterback has been greatly impacted by drops? Oh, he's had tough luck and his receivers had let him down.
In this case, Love has had some good fortune when it comes to interceptions so far this season. The jokes about "if a defensive back could catch, they'd be a wide receiver" are easy, but a bunch of dropped interceptions also means a quarterback is putting the ball into harm's way a little more often than he should. If that luck ever corrects, Love might start throwing interceptions in bunches.
Meanwhile, Williams has done quite well to avoid throwing interceptions and Week 9 should go down as a big blip on the radar.
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