{"id":131713,"date":"2026-06-03T11:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/caleb-williams-strikes-jump-throw-pose-for-madden-nfl-27-cover\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:50:19","slug":"caleb-williams-strikes-jump-throw-pose-for-madden-nfl-27-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/caleb-williams-strikes-jump-throw-pose-for-madden-nfl-27-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Caleb Williams strikes jump-throw pose for Madden NFL 27 cover"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This image provided EA Sport shows Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams on the cover of the Madden NFL 27 video game. (EA Sports via AP)<\/span>(EA Sports via AP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams was announced Wednesday as EA Sports\u2019 cover athlete for Madden NFL 27.<\/p>\n

On the standard cover, Williams is depicted in a body position similar to his pivotal, scrambling, fourth-and-8 jump pass to Rome Odunze in a stirring comeback victory over Green Bay in a wild card playoff game<\/a> on Jan. 10.<\/p>\n

With his arm cocked to throw and his feet spread, Williams appears to soar above a silhouette of the Chicago skyline that is set against a blue backdrop.<\/p>\n

The deluxe edition features a tight shot of Williams with arms crossed over his white game jersey, a dark, night-like background and snow falling around him.<\/p>\n

Being featured on the game’s cover is \u201clike my childhood dream was coming true,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI grew up playing Madden and imagining what it would be like to be part of the game.”<\/p>\n

Williams and the 2025 Bears became synonymous with late-game theatrics last season, staging more than a handful of comeback victories to go with some dramatic comeback bids that came up just short \u2014 including their season-ending playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 17 regular-season games, Williams passed for a franchise-record 3,942 yards with 27 touchdowns and seven interceptions in his second season since being drafted first overall out of Southern California.<\/p>\n

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AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NFL<\/a><\/p>\n

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This image provided EA Sport shows Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams on the cover of the Deluxe Edition of the Madden NFL 27 video game. (EA Sports via AP)<\/span>(EA Sports via AP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams, right, greets running back Kyle Monangai during the NFL football team's practice Thursday, May 28, 2026, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

image provided EA Sport shows Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams on the cover of the Madden NFL 27 video game. (EA Sports via AP)(EA Sports via AP) Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams was announced Wednesday as EA Sports\u2019 cover athlete for Madden NFL 27. On the standard cover, Williams is depicted in a body […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5734],"tags":[],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-131713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-associated-press"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131752,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131713\/revisions\/131752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131713"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=131713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}