Caleb Williams Carted Off With Hamstring Injury as Bears Fall to Vikings

The Chicago Bears finally have a franchise quarterback who looks the part, which means the football gods have officially demanded a blood sacrifice. Caleb Williams is scheduled for an MRI on Monday after suffering a non-contact hamstring injury that required a cart ride to the locker room.

There are bad losses, and then there are losses that make you want to throw your television into the Chicago River. Dropping a divisional rock fight to the Minnesota Vikings is frustrating, but losing your star quarterback while he scrambles late in the fourth quarter of a 9-3 game is a franchise-altering disaster.

"Adam Schefter reported that Williams is scheduled to undergo imaging on his injured hamstring Monday."

Before the injury, Williams was having a miserable afternoon. He completed just 15 of 26 passes for 138 yards and an interception while taking three sacks. If you were holding a ticket on any Chicago offensive props, those wagers were already dead and buried long before the medical staff rushed the field.

The whiplash here is staggering. Just last week, Williams was looking like an MVP candidate, hanging 59 points on the Carolina Panthers in a flawless season opener. Now, the Bears are suddenly 1-1 and staring down the reality of a Grade 2 hamstring strain.

A non-contact injury that ends with a player in significant pain on a cart is the sports equivalent of the check engine light turning red and smoking. You do not need a medical degree to know this is going to cost you a lot of time and money.

Monday's imaging will give the exact timeline, but nobody gets carted off for a minor cramp. Chicago now has to figure out how to keep their offense afloat with Tyson Bagent under center, while the rest of the NFC North smells blood in the water.