The Chicago Bears pummeled the Buffalo Bills 38-0 in their second preseason game and there was very little that went wrong on Sunday night.
Caleb Williams looked dominant, leading a 92-yard touchdown drive to open the game and finishing 6-of-10 passing for 107 yards and a touchdown to Olamide Zaccheaus. The defense also did its part, limiting the Bills – sans reigning MVP Josh Allen – to 180 total yards of offense. Even the special teams got involved with Tory Taylor averaging 57.5 yards per punt.
Overall, Chicago looked like a team that was in midseason form as they prepare for the Sept. 8 opener against the Minnesota Vikings. But Ben Johnson provided more good news when he gave an update on one of his injured quarterbacks after the game.
Ben says Kyle Monangai & Case Keenum’s injuries are not considered serious
— 79th & Halas Podcast (@79thAndHalas) August 18, 2025
Ben Johnson Says Bears QB Case Keenum’s Injury Isn’t Serious
Speaking to reporters after the contest, Johnson said that quarterback Case Keenum’s injury isn’t serious after missing the final training camp practice against the Bills on Friday. While the injury is not specific, the Bears called Keenum day-to-day due to a leg injury and he missed Sunday night’s game against Buffalo.
After going 8-for-10 for 80 yards passing in Chicago’s preseason opener against the Miami Dolphins, Keenum was battling to be Williams’s backup heading into this season. Getting back on the field would go a long way in earning that role, but Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune suggests it may be already decided after Tyson Bagent completed 13-of-22 passes for 196 yards and a touchdown on Sunday night.
“If third-year man Tyson Bagent didn’t have the spot already secured, he locked it down,” Biggs wrote. “...He led four scoring drives and the impression he’s left on the front office – general manager Ryan Poles called him the hardest working player in the building – has spread to the coaching staff.”
Even Keenum admitted that Bagent had a strong performance in the first preseason game despite throwing an interception early on.
“You plan, you have a first 15 [plays] and openers that you have that you want the game to start and go that way, but when it doesn’t, it’s how do you react? How do you respond?” Keenum said last week via SI’s Gene Chamberlain. “And he responded. He stayed the course. He wasn’t freaking out. He wasn’t down on himself. He just stayed the course. I really, really thought that was really good of him.”
While Bagent seems to be winning the No. 2 job, Keenum’s spot on the roster seems to be safe. The Athletic’s Kevin Fishbain and Adam Jahns wrote in May that Johnson will keep three quarterbacks heading into the season. At 37 years old and 14 years of experience under his belt, Keenum also brings some veteran presence to the quarterback room. But getting back on the field is a big step in that process and Johnson’s words sound like that will happen soon.