Best of the Bears: Caleb Williams explains his Michael Jordan mindset

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🗓️ 13 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In the Best of the Bears this week, Mike Mulligan and David Haugh listened and reacted to quarterback Caleb Williams reference the legendary Michael Jordan in explaining his mindset with the game on the line; Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes discussed whether Williams can improve the accuracy issues that have plagued him at times; and Leila Rahimi, Marshall Harris and Mark Grote fired up the Meatball Machine to hear reaction from Score listeners during and after the Bears' 28-21 loss to the Packers last Sunday.

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0:00.0	It kind of goes to the, you know, the MJ quote where, you know, he missed how many game winners and, you know, the Kobe where he took the game winner, you know, and tried to, you know, versus the jazz and all of them back then.
0:15.0	It's like, you know, you're going to take those shots and, you know, that's the type of mindset I have that, you know, I'll take those shots and, you know, I'll roll with the punches if I do miss.
0:24.4	Mully at Haugh, Chicago Sports Radio 670 the score.
0:28.8	That is the voice of Kayla Williams.
0:30.5	That was his news conference yesterday talking about, you know, what it's like to go through a difficult end to a game
0:40.3	and doesn't impact him? No, he was talking about something else, but he got there.
0:44.2	Was he comparing himself to Michael Jordan?
0:46.3	No, I think he was talking about the mentality.
0:49.0	Okay.
0:49.5	Did you think he was comparing himself to Michael Jordan?
0:52.1	It didn't bother me.
0:53.2	I like his mentality
0:54.9	I like the fact that he wants to take that
0:57.7	shot and he's referencing
0:59.4	that make that throw
1:01.3	take that shot in the Jordan reference
1:03.2	he's referencing the 97 Nike
1:05.5	commercial
1:06.0	where Jordan talks about
1:07.8	missing all the shots and then
1:09.8	needing to take it.
1:11.4	And I don't think that I minded that, but it was a lofty comparison.
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