Bears Backup Quarterback 2024 Backup Quarterback. While williams’ absence comes as no surprise, who are his backups, and what will the bears’ quarterback room look like in 2024? The chicago bears released franchise quarterback caleb williams' backup brett rypien on tuesday morning, according to nfl network's tom pelissero.

He could be a decent backup based on his 26 starts with the texans from 2021 to ’22. Today, we break that all down.