On first-and-10 with 10:30 left in the third quarter Sunday, Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams faked a handoff to Kyle Monangai, whipped around and planted the ball in Rome Odunze’s belly for a 14-yard gain with Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. draped all over Odunze.

Set up at Pittsburgh’s 29-yard line, Williams found DJ Moore in the end zone on a seam route three plays later to pull the Bears ahead 24-21 in an eventual 31-28 victory.

Williams’ connection to Odunze was one of a handful of play-action passes over the middle that served as drive movers and vexed the Steelers secondary.

“You have to give those guys credit,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. “They had some time on inside breaking routes. The quarterback (Williams) was highly accurate on play(-action) pa

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