It was a simple question asked of Caleb Williams in the minutes following the Bears’ 31-3 win against the Browns: How much are you looking forward to a second matchup with the Packers? The quarterback’s mind went immediately to the way the previous game ended just a week earlier at Lambeau Field: with him throwing a fourth-down interception in the end zone with less than a minute to play and his team down by a touchdown.“Yeah, I’m excited,” Williams said. “Ended up obviously throwing the pick, as everybody knows, in those last moments, and kind of let that off the hook throwing such a bad ball to [tight end] Cole [Kmet].“I’m definitely excited. I’m excited for the moment.”Saturday will be as close to a defining moment as Williams has had in his Bears career — a chance to beat the Bears’ rival to stay in first place in the NFC North, and to avenge an interception that cost the Bears a chance to at least tie the game.Coach Ben Johnson had no problem with Williams focusing on the way the rivalry game ended.“I’m glad Caleb didn’t like how the last one ended,” he said Monday. “None of us should, no one likes to lose. The only way you can shake that feeling is to look to stack more victories. That’s our intent.”Johnson and Packers coach Matt LaFleur have a burgeoning rivalry of their own, their drive-by postgame handshake at Lambeau Field highlighting tensions that started when Johnson said how much…
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