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Caleb Williams typed out an Instagram post late Tuesday referencing \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d analyst Troy Aikman\u2019s comments about the Bears<\/a>. Wednesday, the Bears quarterback joked that it was a \u201cfun troll\u201d job to post it \u2014 but he made it clear that he heard the criticism<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you\u2019re in a competitive situation like coach [Ben Johnson] is, or myself, or other teammates, when people have stuff to say about you, whether it\u2019s that week or a whole year or whatever the case may be, I think you do use it as a little bit of fuel, as a little bit of motivation,\u201d he said Wednesday at Halas Hall. \u201cI think that\u2019s always a part of it as a competitor. \u2026 But you don\u2019t put too much into it to where it affects you negatively.\u201d<\/p>\n ABC analyst Troy Aikman called D\u2019Andre Swift\u2019s 55-yard catch-and-run fortunate on the broadcast.<\/p>\n \u201cOpen as he is, then you make one guy miss, and now with his speed, he\u2019s off to the races,\u201d Aikman said. \u201cJust um, just luck on Chicago\u2019s part. It really wasn\u2019t so much intended.\u201d<\/p>\n On Instagram, Williams posted a photo of kicker Jake Moody, who made the game-winning kick Monday night, and wrote the following:<\/p>\n \u201cNations Cap[itol], good being back!<\/p>\n \u201cIt was lucky\u201d -TA<\/p>\n \u201cWhooptie Doo\u201c<\/p>\n Williams said he didn\u2019t meet with Aikman during ABC\u2019s game prep, saying their schedules didn\u2019t line up after a long day at Halas Hall. Williams said he tried to call Aikman but the two never connected.<\/p>\n Williams asked if he differentiated between fair and unfair criticism.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I\u2019ve said multiple times over my time being here, fair, not, life isn\u2019t fair,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople are going to say what they have to say. We win, we lose, people have stuff to say. It was lucky, it was not lucky, people have stuff to say. Have a bad game, have a good game, people have stuff to say. It doesn\u2019t matter. We\u2019re only worried about what\u2019s going on here within this building and with these guys.\u201d<\/p>\n Aikman commented on Williams\u2019 inability to throw a pass so that his receivers could gain the most possible yards after the catch. Williams admitted he could have been better in that situation.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery game you play, you always want to be able to put your receiver in the best position,\u201d Williams said. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t always happen. So you try to give him at least a catchable ball. At the least you try to give them a catchable ball. At the maximum you want to give him the best ball so he can go run. I think there was opportunities for that, I think there was opportunities we missed. I think there was opportuntiies that we\u2019ll hit. It\u2019s still our fifth game that we just played. …<\/p>\n \u201d Everyone has things to say. That\u2019s great. Like I said, I could care less. We\u2019re 3-2.\u201d<\/p>\n Johnson noticed Aikman when his kids were watching a replay of the 25-24 victory before school Tuesday. Unprompted, he offered \u201ca few people weren\u2019t particularly pleased with how we were winning\u201d Monday night and said the Bears needed to earn the respect of players and broadcasters alike.<\/p>\n \u201cListen, [if] you want respect in this league, you\u2019ve got to go earn it,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s where we\u2019re at right now. We need to go earn that respect from not only the rest of the teams in the NFL, but everybody. That\u2019s where we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n