Breaking Down Caleb Williams' Game-Winning TD Pass to D.J. Moore

The Bears beat the Packers in a game that had an absolutely crazy finish, including an onside kick recovery (remember those?), a game-tying touchdown on 4th down, and a walk off bomb from Caleb Williams to D.J. Moore.

After Sunday’s NFL action, the Bears just need to win one of their final two games or the Packers to lose once to clinch the NFC North.

The play we’ll break down below was the game-winner from Saturday night. Caleb Williams said afterwards that this was a play the Bears put in during the week.

They pulled it out at just the right time.

I wouldn’t say Ben Johnson was setting it up all game. You don’t set up a play for 4 quarters that you don’t decide to use until overtime. But he certainly played off of the Bears’ own tendency to get the defensive look he wanted and then attack accordingly.

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The Bears came out in “13” personnel (1 RB, 3 TE’s) with D.J. Moore aligned to the right on a 1st-and-10:

To that point in the game, they had gone with this personnel grouping and Caleb Williams under center 5 times. They ran the ball on all 5 plays.

So you can’t necessarily blame the Packers for expecting another run when they saw the “13” personnel and formation.

On top of that, given that overtime was now sudden death after the Packers were stopped on their initial possession, they couldn’t give up many yards and allow a field goal. The Bears were already at Green Bay’s 46-yard line. They needed to be a bit aggressive and keep Chicago right where they were.

Before the snap, tight end Cole Kmet motioned across the formation. Check out how close both safeties were to the line of scrimmage right at the start of the play (about 9 yards):

This was the defensive look that the Bears wanted. They went with play-action to further sell the run and keep those defenders low: