Williams flourishes in Chicago's popular win

Bears see off Jaguars and delight crowd in their first UK fixture for five years

- Paul MacInnes

North London was orange (and a bit blue) as the Chicago Bears rekindled their relationship with British fans and treated a partisan crowd to a blowout victory against a limp Jacksonville Jaguars side.

In the battle of two No 1 overall draft picks, the Bears' rookie quarterback Caleb Williams had the edge over his opposite number, Trevor Lawrence, the Jaguars' first pick in 2021. Williams threw four touchdown passes and rushed for 58 yards, the decisive contribution in the game. But his performance passed the entertainment test too, the 22-year-old's adaptability and the pinpoint power of his arm showing the 60,000 crowd why he has been marked out as a prospect of some talent.

For Lawrence there were two touchdown passes and 234 passing yards. With many of his 23 completed passes unambitious, the Tennessee native with the shoulder-length hair looked very much a franchise player, but of a franchise that is flailing and dipping low on confidence. Defeat takes the Jaguars to 1-5, and keeps them bottom of AFC South.