Chicago Bears’ most important player on the field won’t be Caleb Williams vs. Cleveland Browns

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has given head coach Ben Johnson and the rest of the franchise plenty to be optimistic about this season.

Having guided a franchise record five comeback victories, while posting a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 19-6 and guiding the Bears to a 9-4 start to the season, perhaps signaling Chicago’s arrival head of schedule, there are a lot of things that Williams, Johnson and the Bears can build on down the stretch in 2025 and well into the future.

However, in what is a pretty significant test of Johnson’s team’s mettle, and the Bears’ ability to turn the page from a disappointing division loss to the Green Bay Packers last Sunday at Lambeau, Williams won’t be the most important player on the field for the Bears.

Chicago Bears’ key matchup vs. Cleveland Browns revealed

Over at Pro Football Focus, Thomas Valentine put together a list of key matchups for each game across the NFL this weekend, including the Bears stopping Myles Garrett from making history.

“Any time Browns star Myles Garrett (93.2 grade; 1st) is on the field,” Valentine writes for PFF. “He’s going to be highlighted. Garrett has been on an all-time run in 2025 as he bears down on the single-season sack record. But, he had his quietest game since Week 7 against the Titans in Week 14, registering two pressures and a sack.

“Still, Garrett is fifth in total pressures (64) and will have to lock back in against Bears tackle Darnell Wright (77.6 grade; 17th) in Week 15. Wright has the 13th-lowest pressure rate allowed among tackles (4.4%) and has permitted just two sacks all season. Wright is also one of the best run-blocking tackles in the league (80.0 run-blocking grade; 12th), and the Bears are second in rushing success rate and EPA per rush.”

Wright is easily the most important player on the field for the Bears, against Cleveland because he is Chicago’s best line of defense against Garrett wreaking havoc, and keeping Williams off balance in the pocket.

Given that Wright has allowed just two sacks, there’s reason to believe that the Bears have the chance to get the offense going, and at least limit the damage Garrett is able to inflict, but, this will easily be the 24-year-old’s most daunting challeng eof the season.

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