NFL announcer claims Caleb Williams skipped pregame media obligations: 'Sat on a Zoom waiting forever'

After a triumph connected ESPN’s "Monday Night Football," Caleb Williams took a changeable astatine the game’s colour commentator, Troy Aikman, for saying "luck" contributed to the game-winning touchdown.

Williams revealed a mates of days aboriginal that helium did not conscionable with Aikman oregon his partner, Joe Buck, anterior to the Chicago Bears' crippled against the Washington Commanders. Broadcasters typically conscionable with the caput manager and backmost starring into the game.

However, Buck claimed that Williams skipped some of those obligations with the "MNF" squad this year.

Caleb Williams of the Chicago Bears reacts anterior to an NFL shot crippled against the Washington Commanders astatine Northwest Stadium connected Oct. 13, 2025 successful Landover, Maryland.  (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

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"These (Zoom) meetings are each acceptable up connected their time… We recognize you guys are busy. You’re preparing for a game. The past happening you astir apt privation to bash is speech to us. It’s benignant of portion of the drill, but we volition bash it erstwhile it works for you, connected your schedule," Buck said connected the "SI Media" podcast.

"We had that aforesaid contented Week 1 with Caleb, and past we had it again. I conjecture helium brought it up saying, ‘Well, I didn’t speech to Troy earlier the game.’ But we sat connected a Zoom waiting forever, and helium conscionable ne'er came. I don’t cognize what other we tin do."

Chicago Bears backmost Caleb Williams (18) walks the tract aft his team's triumph implicit the Minnesota Vikings successful an NFL shot game, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, successful Minneapolis.  (AP Photo/Matt Krohn)

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"That’s the portion that bothered maine the most. This was connected your guys’ schedule. And we sat there, and we had it hap doubly wrong the archetypal six oregon 7 weeks. It's whatever."

At the time, Williams said helium "tried to meet" with Aikman but was astatine the team's installation "late, and the timing didn’t conscionable up with lifting oregon immoderate the lawsuit whitethorn person been.

"Tried to telephone him aft the time I was expected to conscionable with him, and it didn’t get through," helium added. 

Chicago Bears backmost Caleb Williams passes against the Green Bay Packers during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot game, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, successful Green Bay, Wis.  (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)

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There is inactive a accidental for them to meet, arsenic the Bears are good connected their mode toward the playoffs, and ESPN broadcasts games successful some the wild-card and divisional rounds.

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