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After a win on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football,” Caleb Williams took a shot at the game’s color commentator, Troy Aikman, for saying “luck” contributed to the game-winning touchdown.
Williams revealed a few days later that he did not meet with Aikman or his partner, Joe Buck, before the Chicago Bears’ game against the Washington Commanders. Broadcasters typically meet with the head coach and quarterback leading into the game.
However, Buck claimed that Williams skipped both of those commitments with the “MNF” team this year.
Caleb Williams of the Chicago Bears reacts prior to an NFL football game against the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium on October 13, 2025 in Landover, Maryland. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)
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“These (Zoom) meetings are all set up at their times… We understand that you’re busy. You’re preparing for a game. The last thing you probably want to do is talk to us. It’s part of the drill, but we’ll do it when it works for you, on your schedule,” Buck said on “SI Media” podcast.
“We had the same issue in Week 1 with Caleb and then we had it again. I guess he brought it up saying, ‘Well, I didn’t talk to Troy before the game.’ But we sat on a Zoom waiting forever and he just never came. I don’t know what else we can do.”
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) walks on the field after his team’s win over the Minnesota Vikings in an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)
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“That’s the part that bothered me the most. This was on your guys’ schedule. And we sat there and we had it happen twice in the first six or seven weeks. It’s whatever.”
At the time, Williams said he “tried to meet” with Aikman, but was at the team’s facility “late, and the timing didn’t meet the hype or whatever the case may have been.
“Tried to call him after the day I was supposed to meet him and it didn’t go through,” he added.
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams passes against the Green Bay Packers during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)
There’s still a chance they could meet, as the Bears are well on their way to the playoffs and ESPN broadcasts games in both the wild-card and divisional rounds.
