Week 6 of the NFL season featured a star player returning from one the season’s most dramatic injuries, an important game across the pond, and another devastating loss for a Super Bowl contender.Here’s all the action you need to know about from Sunday.Caleb Williams picked up where he left offChicago Bears starting quarterback Caleb Williams played Sunday for the first time since sustaining a hamstring injury in Week 2, and he was spectacular in a 31-23 victory over the Atlanta Falcons.
Williams completed 30 of 36 passes for 305 yards and one touchdown, improving his completion percentage to 72.5% for the season.Williams was especially efficient when not facing pressure.According to NFL Next Gen Stats, Williams completed all 24 of his passes from a clean pocket, the most attempts without an incompletion under such circumstances since 2018.
After going 2-1 without their starter, the Bears improved to 4-2 with the win.The offense has been humming with Williams under center, averaging 31.0 points per game in his three starts.
Chicago will now enter a spotlighted stretch of its season, as the team’s next three games will all be played in primetime.The Rams are still searching for answersSix weeks after entering the season as a heavy favorite to win the Super Bowl, the Los Angeles Rams (2-4) are in last place in the NFC West after Sunday’s 18-16 home loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
After a frustrating day with little offense, the Rams had finally pieced together a productive drive to tie the game at 15-all in the fourth-quarter’s final minute.The point-after was no foregone conclusion.
The team cut kicker Harrison Mevis after a miss in last week’s loss to Buffalo, only to see his replacement, Blake Grupe, get hurt trying to make a tackle early Sunday.That left Rams punter Ethan Evans to step up to attempt his first point-after since college — which he made to give Los Angeles a one-point lead with 47 seconds left.
It was a different kicker who ended up...