LINCOLN PARK — Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams didn’t just lead his team to a much-needed win Sunday — he also won Chicago fans free hot dogs.
After two weeks of a dreary start to the Ben Johnson era in Chicago, Williams broke out with the best performance of his young career, tossing four touchdowns in a 31-14 win over the Cowboys at Soldier Field.
Williams’ four-touchdown day was enough to unlock a high-stakes promotion: The Wieners Circle at 2622 N. Clark St. promised last week that if Williams threw four scores, the city would eat for free this Tuesday.
And then he did.
Full details of the promotion have yet to be announced by The Wieners Circle, but for a fanbase that is hungry for any type of win in the early goings of the 2025 Bears season, a free hot dog is a welcome start to the week.
In the meantime, the second-year quarterback finished with 298 passing yards, five completions of at least 29 yards and his first sack-free game as a pro.
The fourth touchdown came with 16 seconds left in the third quarter when Williams delivered a strike to the back of the end zone where he found receiver D.J. Moore.
By Sunday night, the Wieners Circle was already preparing for the promotion by asking Vienna Beef if they could help out.
Williams himself seemed amused when reporters asked if he had heard of the promotion.
Bears receiver Rome Odunze chimed in after catching one of the scores.
“Shoot,” Odunze said. “Y’all going to go get yourselves a glizzy? I know they don’t have the Odunze Dog here in the stadium no more. So you’re all going to have to get yourselves a hot dog.”
In 2022, The Wieners Circle offered all-you-can-eat Wisconsin cheddar fries to Bears fans celebrating the Green Bay Packers being eliminated from the playoffs.
In 2023, after a viral video showed a 4-year-old dropping his hot dog at a White Sox game, The Wieners Circle hosted the boy and his family for an all-you-can-eat hot dog party, teaching him “techniques for holding it.”
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