You know you’ve done something spectacular when you end up silencing rappers with your performance. That was Caleb Williams’ Wild Card round against the Green Bay Packers. Williams led his Chicago Bears to erase an 18-point deficit against the Packers in his playoff debut. But that performance left a rap legend fuming.

Lil Wayne, the New Orleans-born rap icon and die-hard Packers fan, drew eyebrows around the league with an expletive-filled comment when he watched the Bears decimate his team. “We just loss a playoff game to a n**** w purple nails we fkn suk bear azz! Bare a**!!! We don’t deserve to be in the playoffs. Straight like that,” Lil Wayne fired off on X after the game. But Caleb Williams was ready with a cold response of his own.

Williams caught wind of the viral post and responded with surgical precision. Just two emojis and a hashtag: “❄🦸🏼‍♂️ #DABEARS”.

The snowflake and superhero emojis said everything. Ice cold under pressure, heroic in the clutch moments. No lengthy response was needed from Williams, no defensive posturing. Just facts wrapped in emoji form.

Lil Wayne’s reference to “purple nails” actually targeted Williams’ occasional manicures, a personal style choice that’s become part of the sophomore quarterback’s identity. Wayne’s frustration was palpable; watching an 18-point lead evaporate into a stunning 31-27 defeat would be enough to make anyone mad.

But Williams only needed those two emojis to respond for a reason. His 361 passing yards, two touchdowns, and that clutch 27-yard completion to Rome Odunze on 4th-and-8 midway through the fourth quarter did all the talking. The former Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 draft delivered exactly when it mattered the most.

Wide receiver DJ Moore summed it up best: “When the lights are bright, he’s brighter than them lights out there,” talking about his quarterback orchestrating the miraculous comeback. As for Caleb Williams, he seemed to know this was already in the cards.

“It’s no fluke. It’s no, ‘Oh, this happened; we’re lucky,’” Williams said post-game. “We’ve done this multiple times this year. It’s been proven for us to be a great second-half team.”

But the Bears didn’t just win against the Packers; they created history for themselves with this victory.

A demolition written in history for Caleb Williams

The numbers tell a staggering story. The Bears controlled the clock 32:41 to the Packers’ 27:19. Even with the Packers quarterback Jordan Love throwing for 323 yards and 4 touchdowns, it didn’t matter in the end. With this victory, the Bears became just the fourth team in NFL postseason history to win after trailing by at least 15 points entering the fourth quarter. The last time anyone accomplished this feat was when the New England Patriots staged a legendary comeback against the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI.

Chicago’s 25-point fourth quarter explosion erased a 21-3 halftime deficit and gave Soldier Field a show it will remember for eternity. It marked the largest comeback in Bears playoff history against the Packers, and their first postseason victory since 2010. 

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The defining moment for Caleb Williams arrived with 1:43 remaining when he found Moore wide open along the left sideline for a 25-yard touchdown, giving Chicago a 31-27 lead they wouldn’t relinquish. Jordan Love drove the Packers into Bears territory, but a costly fumble at Chicago’s 28-yard line sealed the game as time expired.

This victory now makes Ben Johnson the first head coach in the franchise to snag a postseason victory in his first season coaching the squad. What’s more, with this game, Caleb Williams has now recorded seven game-winning drives this season. Now, Chicago moves on to the divisional round while the Packers head home. As for Lil Wayne, he heads back to X to process another January heartbreak.