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NFL preseason Week 2 takeaways: Caleb Williams looks sharp in preseason debut

Caleb Williams goes 5-for-6 and throws a 36-yard touchdown to Olamide Zaccheaus. (0:56)

The second week of the 2025 NFL preseason kicked off Friday as several teams prepared to give extended looks to their starters in a dress rehearsal for the regular season.

To keep you updated on how teams fared, our NFL Nation reporters summarized the games below.

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Bears: Quarterback Caleb Williams looked poised and comfortable in taking the field for the first time this preseason, going 6-for-10 for 107 yards and a touchdown in two series that lasted half of the first quarter. The Bears didn't let a bungled kickoff return that buried them at the 8-yard line on their first drive or a holding penalty derail momentum. Williams struck efficiently from the pocket and found tight ends Cole Kmet and Colston Loveland for big gains. He also continued to show off his connection with wide receiver Olamide Zaccheaus, who caught a 36-yard pass for a touchdown to cap the Bears' opening drive.

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Most important developments from 2nd week of NFL preseason, including Caleb Williams and Bears

We're more than halfway through the preseason, and plenty of teams will shut it down and not use starters in the third week of preseason games.

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With less than three weeks to go before the season begins, here were the key takeaways from Week 2 of the preseason:

Maybe all of the concern about the Bears offense will quiet a little now. There have been enough worrisome reports from camp that it seemed Caleb Williams and the offense were having trouble picking up new coach Ben Johnson's scheme. In the starters' first preseason action, there weren't many issues.

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