Bears’ Caleb Williams considered “week-to-week” after non-contact hamstring injury late vs Vikings
Caleb Williams has avoided a major hamstring injury late in Sunday’s 9-3 loss against the Minnesota Vikings, but expected to miss time.
Bears coach Ben Johnson said Monday Williams will be “week-to-week” after an MRI exam.
“It sounds like it’s going to be week-to-week for him. I got to talk with our trainer here, we’ll do that here shortly, and I’ll have the lowdown from him, but it sounds like it’s week-to-week but will likely miss some time,” Johnson said.
“Yeah, potentially (dodged a bullet),” Johnson added on Monday. “We’ll see. He’s tough and he comes back from these types of things better than the average human, so we’ll see.”
Hamstring injuries, if rushed, can linger for the remainder of a season, so it’ll be interesting to see how the Bears and Ben Johnson play out the injury. If he is unable to go in Week 3 against the Philadelphia Eagles, Tyson Bagent will take over.
Williams exited the game with about 7:30 seconds left in the fourth quarter. The play that he got hurt on was a bootleg dropback play. The Bears were deep in Vikings territory, operating from the six-yard line. Williams rolled and beat out Vikings’ linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel to the edge where he dropped with the Hamstring injury, per TribLive.com.
Van Ginkel confirmed after the game that he never contacted Williams and that it was a non-contact injury. He was later seen in the locker room walking around without a boot or any aid but with a “little limp.”
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