Many quarterbacks take a backseat in the NFL offseason. The Chicago Bears’ Caleb Williams, though, put it in a whole other gear. He’s a frequent competitor on the mini-hoop located inside the Bears’ locker room at Halas Hall. So, participating in the NBA All-Stars’ celebrity 3-point contest made sense. But when he arrived at Intuit Dome, Los Angeles, this Friday, he had to face the music, pushing him to make a drastic future decision.

“Hanging them up after tn,” Caleb Williams shared on his Instagram story, poking fun at himself.

Interestingly, since Williams played two years of college in L.A. at USC, he would’ve had a home-court advantage, at least as far as the crowd was concerned. They certainly cheered loudly for him as he made his way to the court. He had one more thing going for him…

Throughout the year, Williams made tough throws running, falling, or leaping through the air. Moreover, a quarterback’s role is very much like a point guard in basketball, known to have an advantage in long shots. All those things would tell you that perhaps he could make it to the final round.
Instead, Williams failed miserably, eliminating in the first round itself.

He finished at the bottom of the leaderboard with just four points behind comedian Druski, who scored five points. Reigning champions Oklahoma City Thunder’s guard Jared McCain led the first round with 11 points.

In his defense, he was only there because it was head coach Ben Johnson’s idea to get him away from football until spring. Also, he had already given everyone the warning after the lineup was announced that he is “Not a hooper y’all. Gonna go have some fun.” And that’s what NBA All-Star weekend is all about.

The tournament also featured NBA analyst and NBA legend Richard Jefferson, streamer PlaqueBoyMax, and BMX athlete Nigel Sylvester. PlaqueBoyMax joined the OKC star with nine points, while Jefferson and Sylvester each recorded seven points. In the finals, McCain emerged victorious with 12 points over PlaqueBoyMax, coming in second with ten points.

But if one thing this loss confirmed for the Chicago Bears fans is that he may not be thinking of switching his career any time soon. No one would want that after Williams produced stellar numbers in his sophomore season.

He threw for 3,942 yards, 27 touchdowns, and led the Bears to an 11-6 record and the franchise’s first playoff win since 2010. For the 2026-27 season, the Chicago Bears quarterback has already announced his and his team’s mindset.

Caleb Williams issues a powerful message for the upcoming NFL season

Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears had a great 2025 season that proved the doubters wrong. The franchise went from a 5-12 finish in 2024-25 to an NFC North title for the first time since 2018 and earned its first postseason win in 15 years. Looking forward to the 2026 season, Williams wants to continue building on this fighting spirit and take that mindset straight into the 2026 season.

“When you get knocked down, you get back up, and that’s what we’re going to do. That’s my mindset,” Caleb Williams said as per Trojans Wire.

“We never stay down as a team. I think we’ve shown that this year. We keep fighting. Bringing that mentality into next year and then finding ways to bring that hunger for all four quarters in every single game is going to be important and something that we’ll focus on throughout the offseason and throughout next year.”

With these inspiring comments, the passionate Chicago fans will want to see the Bears push for the Super Bowl and end their Lombardi Trophy drought after 40 years with Caleb Williams leading the charge.