Caleb Williams hurts ankle on final play of Bears’ loss to Cards

“I landed wrong and I just modified it and [on] “On the last play, the guy grabbed my ankle and the gator rolled,” Williams said. “I tried to quit because when you stay like that, that’s when bad things start to happen and [it] breaks and all that. “I tried to just let go of my body so I could fall and roll with it.”

Williams got caught in Arizona’s defensive tackle and then completed a 6-yard snap to Keenan Allen late in the game. The field marshal slowly gave up and walked out of the farmland with a visible limp.

Before the game, Williams said he was “fine.” Educator Matt Eberflus echoed an indistinguishable sentiment.

“He limped away a little bit,” Eberflus said. “When he entered, [he] seemed fine. We’ll check it out in the morning.”

Despite trailing by 20 points when Chicago’s offense took the field for its final push with 2:15 remaining, four of the Bears’ five extreme plays were called passes. Eberflus said the Bears saved Williams in the game even though it was a blowout because they were “working and getting the two-minute operation right” for the offense.

When asked if he felt like he should play in a game we had already decided, Williams said it wasn’t his choice.

“You fight until the end of the game, if you’re in the game,” Williams said. “But, [the] The coach makes a decision like that. You have to face it and figure out the next steps. But yeah, it’s not my decision.”

Sunday marked the first pace in eight games in which the Bears failed to stick a landing. Williams completed 22 of 41 passing attempts for 217 yards without yield and a passer rating of 68.9.

With consecutive losses coming in Washington and Arizona, Eberflus stated that Chicago’s offensive problems fall on him.

“[I take] “Full responsibility for that,” Eberflus said. “We’ll work with the offensive staff tomorrow morning as we watch this tape tonight and find answers. First, find answers to running the ball. Making sure we do that and setting everything up from that. Then, to start, making sure we have good deeds from that.

“Later…make sure our coverage is blank. While you’re providing protection for your quarterback, and our quarterback is a perfect quarterback, he can get the ball into the farmland and make a perfect process there.”