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More NFL milestones for Chicago Bears rookie Caleb Williams

More NFL milestones for Chicago Bears rookie Caleb Williams

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The NFL communications department sent out a press release this evening with several Week 6 nuggets from Sunday's slate of games. Chicago Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams was featured prominently thanks to his outstanding performance in the 35-16 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Williams was 23 of 29 (79.3%) for 226 yards, four touchdowns and one interception, and he rushed for 56 yards on four carries to help the Bears to their third straight win and a 4-2 record.

Here's what the press release contained.

Williams is the first rookie quarterback to be selected No. 1 overall, winning four of his first six career starts in the common draft era.

Williams became the fourth rookie quarterback with at least four touchdown passes and 50 rushing yards in a game, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman (December 3, 1989), Robert Griffin III (November 18, 2012) and Deshaun Watson (October 29, 2017).

Williams' 79.3 completion percentage is the third-highest ever by a rookie quarterback in a game with at least four touchdown passes, trailing only Robert Griffin III (93.3 percent in Week 11, 2012) and Marcus Mariota (86.7 percent in Week 1, 2015). ).

Williams became the first quarterback with four touchdown passes in a game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the first rookie quarterback with multiple touchdown passes in an international regular season game.

The press release also included this NFC North nugget that I tweeted earlier.

A quick look at the league's standings shows that the four NFC North teams also have a point differential of 1 to 4, with the Minnesota Vikings at +63, the Detroit Lions at +60, the Bears at +47 and the Green Bay Packers at +47 are +41.

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