Caleb Williams says Week 2 hamstring reports are wrong, gives his account at Bears press conference

Caleb Williams pushed back at media accounts of a hamstring injury he suffered in Week 2 during a Chicago Bears press conference, saying the reports about the injury’s nature have been wrong. Williams told reporters that nothing published about 'what it is and what it has been' was accurate and insisted that details should come directly from him, using the phrase 'from bossman himself' and 'out of the horse's mouth.'

Reporters pressed Williams with follow-up questions and he resisted, at one point responding 'Thank you' when asked why he had withheld details. The exchange included Williams defending the emotional reaction that was visible when he left the field after the injury; he acknowledged he shows emotion, especially when he cannot be on the field with his teammates. The New York Post’s account describes Williams as having been listed a full participant for the second straight practice on Thursday as he eyes a return for Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons. The article noted Williams’ status as the former No. 1 overall pick and reported the team had gone 2-1 while he was sidelined, framing his possible return as notable for the Bears’ lineup. Williams directly criticised how the injury had been reported and urged that authoritative information originate with him rather than through other channels. He repeated that the public narrative about the injury’s specifics has not matched his own account and sought to correct that narrative in front of reporters. The press-conference account in the New York Post focuses on Williams’ efforts to control the factual record about his hamstring and on his emotional response to being sidelined after Week 2. The article records Williams’ quotations and describes the interaction with reporters without offering medical details beyond Williams’ rejection of prior reports. Fans and observers relying on the New York Post’s reporting will find Williams’ statements the primary source for the team’s public account of the Week 2 injury and his readiness to play, while the article leaves medical specifics and independent confirmation of the injury’s description to the team and the player himself.