Caleb Williams Criticized by NFL Fans in Bears' Loss to Anthony Richardson, Colts

Michael Hickey/ Perhaps there will be better days in the Caleb Williams experience for the Chicago Bears, but things once again looked bleak on Sunday.

It was more of the same for the futile Chicago offense in a 21-16 loss to the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium. The NFC North team is now 1-2 and continues to look lost on the offensive side with an abysmal offensive line and a rookie signal-caller going through early growing pains.

Williams threw for 363 yards and his first two career touchdowns, but he also turned it over three times and saw his yardage stats inflated by a first-half Hail Mary that fell a yard short of a touchdown and an offense in comeback mode in the second half against a soft defense.

His counterpart, Anthony Richardson, was worse at 10-of-20 for 167 yards, zero touchdowns and two interceptions, but Jonathan Taylor accounted for 110 yards and two scores on the ground for the victorious Colts.

Social media had plenty to say about the performance from Williams and the Bears as a whole:

Both teams likely saw this as a get-right game going in, as Chicago's struggling offense that saw Williams throw two interceptions and get sacked seven times in a loss to the Houston Texans had a chance to go up against a Colts defense that entered play last in the league in rushing yards allowed.

With that as the backdrop, the start of the game was a dream for defensive players.

Richardson undercut his own deep ball to Alec Pierce with an atrocious interception in the end zone to Tremaine Edmunds, and Williams responded by following his own deep ball to Rome Odunze with a similarly terrible interception to Jaylon Jones.

Taylor's 29-yard touchdown run was the only score before intermission, as Chicago missed a field goal, fell a yard short when DJ Moore caught a Hail Mary and was stuffed on four straight running plays inside the Colts' 5-yard line, the last of which was an inexplicable speed option call that never had a chance.

Offense didn't get much better after halftime, as Richardson's interception to Jaylon Johnson set up a Bears' field goal before Williams threw another interception to Jones on a later possession. Indianapolis also failed a fourth-down attempt in Chicago territory, as the game got uglier.

However, the Colts finally broke through and opened a two-score late in the third quarter when Chicago went offside on a punt and allowed the home team to maintain possession. Indianapolis took advantage with a Trey Sermon touchdown after multiple long gains from Taylor.