Inside the Secrets: How Divergent Strategies Are Defining the Most Clutch QBs in Divisional Playoff History
Including the playoffs, Williams has a league-best 27 pass plays of at least 25 yards in the second half. Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams, Chicago’s next opponent, is second with 24 such plays.

This has been a trend for the Bears this year. Chicago ranks 11th in the NFL with a 9.3% explosive pass play rate in quarters one through three (including the wild-card round), but that number jumps to a league-best 14.4% in the fourth quarter.
Some of this can be attributed to Ben Johnson’s play-calling, but Williams also knows how to extend plays with his legs. The Bears allowed the highest pressure rate in the wild-card round and the third-highest pressure rate in the fourth quarter, yet Williams finished with the lowest sacks per drop-back rate and sacks per pressure rate both over the entire game and exclusively in the fourth quarter.


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