Caleb Williams ‘Iceman’ celebration has hidden ASL meaning. Did Williams plan this?

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Caleb Williams came into this league with the highest expectations of any rookie QB since possibly Andrew Luck. 

His first year was a bit up and down as he struggled with a below-average offensive line, coaching changes mid-season, and just getting a feel for the league as a whole. 

This year, it's a different Bears team and a much different Caleb Williams. He still has to bring his completion percentage up, but if he keeps playing the way he's been playing, nobody is going to care. 

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He has been great in his second year, but in the clutch, he's been phenomenal. This season, Williams actually tied Peyton Manning for the most 4th-quarter comebacks in a season by a player under the age of 25 in NFL history (6). 

His 4th quarter heroics have led him to develop the nickname 'Iceman' with a patented celebration to boot. Recently, someone noticed that he's not just warming up his veins; his celebration has an even cooler, possibly unintentional meaning. 

Caleb Williams' Iceman' celebration has hidden ASL meaning 

When Caleb Williams let that 46-yard bomb go on Saturday night to defeat the Green Bay Packers, he knew it was good. He knew so quickly that he even put his hands in his jersey pockets while the ball was still in flight. Hard. 

He followed that up with his patented celebration, where he appears to rub his arms and shoulders to warm up the ice in his veins. What many might not know is that the meaning of that gesture in ASL or sign language is literally 'bear'.

To sign "bear" in ASL, you cross your arms over your chest with open palms, spread your fingers into a claw shape, and scratch your shoulders up and down with said claws. 

Caleb Williams not only is getting better and better by the week, but he's somehow getting cooler and cooler as well.

If anyone has their doubts still about Williams, I think it's high time to throw them to the side. The Chicago Bears finally have their guy. 

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