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After sloppy play vs. Saints, Bears' Caleb Williams issues 'devastating' warning to NFL

In the wake of three botched snaps and a mediocre offensive day, Bears' QB Caleb Williams promises "I'll figure this out."
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It's been a while since the Chicago Bears won a game by 10+ points without their "A" game. Sunday at Soldier Field was more like a 'C-" performance, so thanks to the New Orleans Saints for being gracious guests.

Despite numerous botched snaps, 10 penalties, and a secondary collision that prevented an easy interception, the Bears defeated the one-win Saints, 26-14. Look, no one is about to whine about a lack of style points when Ben Johnson's team has put together a four-game winning streak.

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The Bears, Denver Broncos and New England Patriots have the NFL's longest current winning streaks.

Best news coming from Sunday's soggy, sloppy win: They realize that performance will beat the Saints, but not many other teams. The defense produced four sacks and four takeaways, but the offense left points on the field and lots of room for improvement.

After throwing for only 172 yards, no touchdowns and an interception, quarterback Caleb Williams took time after the win to issue a warning to the rest of the league.

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"We're going to figure this out. I'm going to figure this out," Williams saaid. "it's going to be real devastating to the other side."

Williams needs to get with center Drew Dalman to "figure out" their snap exchange. They had three hiccups Sunday, once with Dalman comically keeping the ball in his hands.

The Bears get to face another one-win team next week when they travel to Baltimore to face the Ravens.

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Richie Whitt has been a sports media fixture in Dallas-Fort Worth since graduating from UT-Arlington in 1986. His career is highlighted by successful stints in print (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Dallas Observer), TV (NBC5) and radio (105.3 The Fan). During his almost 40-year tenure, he's blabbed and blogged on events ranging from Super Bowls to NBA Finals to World Series to Stanley Cups to Olympics to Wimbledons to World Cups. Whitt has been covering the NFL since 1989, and in 1993 authored The 'Boys Are Back, a book chronicling the Dallas Cowboys' run to Super Bowl XXVII.

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