The Chicago Bears did the improbable Saturday night to wrap up a thrilling first day of NFL postseason football during the wild-card round, which saw the Bears rally to win the season's unofficial head-to-head series with the Green Bay Packers 2-1 and clinch the trilogy with a 31-27 win.
The victory marked Williams' first postseason win of his NFL career, which also gave the Bears their first playoff win since Jan. 2011. That year, the Bears saw their season come to a bitter end against those same Packers in the 2010 NFC Championship Game.
Fast-forwarding 15 years, it was Williams who let his fourth-quarter magician-like effort speak for itself with two jaw-dropping throws that will likely be replayed in Chicago for years to come.
The first pass was a make-or-break. The Packers led 27-16 with under four minutes left in regulation. If Green Bay gets a stop on fourth-and-8, the game is all but decided.
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The Packers had moved the ball effectively under the guidance of receivers Romeo Doubs and Matthew Golden, combining for 208 yards to complement the spurts of a rushing attack that was on the verge of sealing the game shut.
Instead, Williams ensured the Bears and their fans that Green Bay would have to scratch and claw for a would-be comeback of its own. The ex-USC Trojans legend found his former Pac-12 Washington Huskies rival, Rome Odunze, to extend the drive, the game and the season.
The Bears got the ball back once more, trailing 27-24 in the game's final minutes. Although the Bears could have settled for overtime, Williams' seventh comeback win (six during the regular season) had an extra special meaning.
Whether this becomes routine is unknown, but Williams found receiver D.J. Moore for the game-winning touchdown in a similar fashion at last month's contest, sending the Bears to the NFL Divisional Round and keeping them at Soldier Field next weekend.
Williams had a small message for the Packers following the win, as the rivalry's relevance has certainly reached a relevant tipping-scale point in the modern era: both teams seem to notice it, too.
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“They wanted us, that’s what I heard," Williams said of the Packers wanting revenge from Week 16. "They got it.”
Williams, of course, put his humor into it. But aside from the point, it capped one of the greatest games in rivalry and NFL history.
In all likelihood, though, it won't be the last one that gets these distinctions.
For now, though, the Bears, or better yet, the "Cardiac Bears," await their next opponent.
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