Caleb Williams' repost dismissed antisemitic incident involving Dave Portnoy – and almost no one cares

Most people — including Bears quarterback Caleb Williams — probably didn't think much of it.

To them, it's just a repost on X that went after a common target for keyboard warriors.

But what if it's more than that? Earlier in the week, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy mocked Williams, calling him a "thespian" after he was carted off the field for what was revealed to be a hamstring strain.

Portnoy said the emotion Williams displayed was akin to what you'd see for a season-ending injury such as an ACL tear, not a tweak that's put him on a week-to-week basis.

CALEB WILLIAMS AVOIDS MAJOR HAMSTRING INJURY AS MRI REVEALS A STRAIN BUT NO TEAR AFTER VIKINGS GAME SCARE Williams didn't take too kindly to the call-out, and went after Dave on X — using not his own words but those of a poster named Daemar. ''The guy that had a kid arrested and expelled from school for throwing pennies at him is calling someone else soft LMFAOOOOOO," Daemar said of Portnoy.

Williams reposted the comment — which garnered 1.3 million views and 35K likes — to little media or fan criticism.

Except ...

Daemar was running cover for a clear antisemite.

Here's a more thorough explanation.

In the fall of 2025, Mississippi State student Patrick McClintock was caught on camera yelling "F—k the Jews!" before tossing coins at Portnoy, who's Jewish.

This wasn't a random gesture.

The American Jewish Committee made note that such coin-tossing is an "age-old antisemitic trope about Jews and greed." Portnoy posted a video of the affair and condemned the act — calling the student a "loser" while decrying an uptick in his personal antisemitic experiences.

As Outkick's Armando Salguero pointed out , McClintock was later arrested independently for disturbing the peace.

In other words, Portnoy blasted an antisemite in a time when antisemitism is on the clear rise.