A champion has been crowned. No, we are not talking about Michigan; we are talking about Caleb Williams’ play of the year.
Over the last two-plus weeks, you, the Bears fan, have been determining Caleb Williams best play of the season via the Caleb Madness Bracket. We started with 16 plays and worked our way down to just one, and a champion has been crowned.
Here’s how the bracket played out:
DJ Moore’s Game-Winning Overtime Touchdown vs. the Packers wins
In the finale, DJ Moore’s game-winner took down Cole Kmet, catching Caleb’s game-tying heave against the Rams.
It was a comfortable win, with the DJ play earning about 70% of the vote.
I did seed these plays, and the DJ Moore play was the 3-seed in this tournament. Cole Kmet’s play was the one-seed, while I had the “Jumpman” throw to Rome Odunze as the two-seed.
The fans have spoken, and based on how voting played out, fans felt that the DJ Moore was the best play, the Jumpman throw was second, the Cole Kmet game-tying heave was third, DJ Moore’s “The Catch II” was fourth, and the Colston Loveland game-winner vs the Bengals was fifth.
My thoughts on the seeding were that I felt the Kmet play was, one, insane, and two, in the playoffs with the game on the line. I had the “Jumpman” throw second because again, playoffs, plus, against the Packers, and two, it was a fourth-down throw that saved the season, and the Bears wouldn’t have won that game without the play.
The DJ Moore game-winner was an awesome play, and it was a game-winner, and it was against the Packers, but had that ball fallen incomplete, the Bears still would have had the ball with a chance to win. I felt the two playoff games were more consequential.
I think if I had a vote, despite the seedings, I would have voted for the “Jumpman” throw as Caleb’s play of the year, but that’s why we put it to a vote to the fans, and the fans have spoken.
In a season full of absolutely incredible plays from Caleb Williams, his game-winning throw to DJ Moore was the best of the bunch.
