Chicago was on the wrong side of San Francisco’s get-right game on Sunday, with the 49ers beating the Bears 38-13.
But that final score doesn’t necessarily illustrate how lopsided that game was, as San Francisco held a 24-0 lead at halftime. At that point, the 49ers had 319 total yards. The Bears had 4 yards and just one first down.
Chicago finished with 162 yards, with quarterback Caleb Williams going 17-of-23 for 134 yards with two touchdowns. He also rushed for 27 yards on four carries.
“[W]e got our butts kicked today. There’s no way around it,” Williams said in his postgame press conference. “That’s regardless of how we feel, regardless of all of that, we got it handed to us. As an offense, defense, special teams, myself, we got to come out and be better. It’s just totally what it is. We got to be more violent. We got to have our screws screwed and we got to be on point. That’s not what happened today.”
The Bears are now 4-9 through 13 games of Williams’ rookie season. While things have not gone as well for the club as the QB would have liked, he knows he still has to help keep the club motivated for the last four games.
“My job is to lead,” Williams said. “The captain’s job is to lead from the front even when it’s tough. My job is not to get you up to come into the facility to do your job or have after-hours treatment, all those different things. Our job is to go out there and lead the guys the right way. It’s an internal thing to get up and do the job over and over.
“As leaders, we have to encourage and keep encouraging. We have to stand tall and have that courage. That’s the most important thing for yourself: have courage. From there, you can encourage other guys. … We’ll keep throwing punches and keep coming together. We have to keep finding ways to have productive drives, and that includes the defense and special teams. Whatever the case may be, we have to find ways to have successful downs on special teams, defense, and offense.”
Williams has completed 62.2 percent of his passes this year for 2,746 yards with 16 touchdowns and five interceptions. He’s also rushed for 405 yards.
