The Chicago Bears hit a area aim as time expired to defeat the Washington Commanders on a wet Monday night time, 25-24. After beginning the season 0-2, the Bears have now received three straight video games.
Chicago working again D’Andre Swift was spectacular on this one. He completed the sport with 108 speeding yards, 67 receiving yards, and a TD catch. On high of that, quarterback Caleb Williams went 17 for 29 with 252 passing yards and two complete touchdowns.
The Bears regarded actually good popping out of the gate by placing collectively a nine-play drive that resulted in a area aim to go up 3-0 within the first quarter. D’Andre Swift accounted for 21 of Chicago’s 41 yards on that collection.
The Commanders regarded poised to answer that scoring drive once they made a crucial error. At Chicago’s 21, quarterback Jayden Daniels threw an interception that was returned 30 yards to the Bears’ 34 yard line. That was Jayden Daniels’ first interception of the season.
A promising Bears drive was derailed by a penalty. An offensive cross interference got here on a play that obtained the Bears right down to Washington’s 21 yard line, so as an alternative of getting a 1st and 10 down simply exterior the pink zone, they have been caught with a 1st and 20 on the 42. That blunder pressured them to accept one other area aim to extend their result in six factors.
As unhealthy because the Bears’ early errors have been, they have been nothing in comparison with Washington’s. Working again Invoice Croskey-Merritt was stripped of the soccer, which was picked up by the Bears on the Commanders’ 35 yard line. This was Croskey-Merritt’s second straight sport with a misplaced fumble.
With good area place, Chicago had no downside scoring the sport’s first landing. From one yard out, quarterback Caleb Williams discovered the tip zone on a designed quarterback keeper for a 13-0 benefit.
The Commanders’ offense lastly got here to life at this level. Shortly after a facemask on the Bears, Jayden Daniels hit huge receiver Chris Moore close to the facet of the tip zone for an acrobatic 22-yard TD catch to chop the result in 13-7. Moore, who had three receptions on the season coming into tonight, completed the sport with three catches for 46 yards and a landing.
The Bears had their first huge choice of the night time come a bit greater than halfway via the second quarter. Confronted with a 4th and 1 at Washington’s 31 yard line, a Caleb Williams cross meant for huge receiver Rome Odunze was batted down by a Commanders defender, leading to a turnover on downs.
Invoice Croskey-Merritt did every little thing in his energy to make up for that earlier fumble. He recorded 4 straight touches for twenty-four yards to get the offense into enemy territory. Jayden Daniels then hit tight finish Zach Ertz for a ten-yard pickup to get right down to Chicago’s 35, which introduced us to the two-minute warning. The Commanders finally tried a 50-yard area aim, which they missed with 1:10 to go earlier than the break.
Although Washington pressured a three-and-out to get the ball again. They wouldn’t be capable of make something occur with simply 25 seconds left on the clock, in order that they took a knee and went into halftime trailing 13-7.
Popping out of the break, the Commanders inched nearer to tying this factor up. That they had an eight-play, 25-yard drive that allowed them to aim one other area aim from 53 yards out. This time, kicker Matt Homosexual obtained the ball via the uprights to slender the hole, 13-10.
Chicago had a solution. Caleb Williams hit huge receivers Rome Odunze and Luther Burden III for 21 and 37 yards, respectively, to achieve the pink zone. Sadly for the Windy Metropolis trustworthy, a landing was wiped off the board by an unlawful formation penalty. That resulted in Caleb Williams taking a seven-yard sack, which pressured the Bears to accept a 41-yard area aim and a 16-10 lead.
Washington had no downside responding to the six-point deficit. They cobbled collectively a nine-play, 84-yard drive that was capped off with a 33-yard landing cross to huge receiver Luke McCaffrey to present the Commanders their first lead of the night time, 17-16. This was McCaffrey’s third TD in his final 4 video games.
The Bears had an opportunity to retake the lead, however they made large errors on back-to-back performs. On a third and 1, Caleb Williams bobbled a snap from the middle, which led to a five-yard loss. Then, on the primary play of the fourth quarter, a 48-yard area aim try by Jake Moody was blocked, permitting the Commanders to take over on their very own 37.
Washington did a superb job of capitalizing on that additional possession. Jayden Daniels related with rookie wideout Jaylin Lane for a 37-yard pickup to get to Chicago’s seven yard line. Two downs later, Daniels hit Zach Ertz behind the tip zone for a landing and a 24-16 benefit.
This time round, the Bears knew the best way to reply the decision. On a third and 4 at their very own 45, D’Andre Swift had a 55-yard catch-and-run that he took to the home for a 24-22 deficit. Nonetheless, Caleb Williams failed to finish a cross on the two-point try, so Chicago discovered itself trailing with 10:26 to go within the sport.
Following an change of punts, Jayden Daniels hit working again Jeremy McNichols for a 15-yard achieve on a third and 13 to present the Commanders a contemporary set of downs at Chicago’s 49. Quickly, they have been tasked with a third and 1 with 3:10 to go within the fourth quarter, however the handoff between Daniels and Invoice Croskey-Merritt was bobbled, which led to a fumble that was picked up by the Bears. That was Washington’s third turnover of the night, which matched their complete from their first 5 video games of the season.
The Bears picked up 5 yards earlier than the two-minute warning, which meant that they had a third and 5 at their very own 49. Caleb Williams accomplished a six-yard cross for a brand new set of downs. D’Andre Swift then gained 14 yards on back-to-back runs to get to Washington’s 31 with 1:22 remaining. After the Commanders burned their ultimate timeout, D’Andre Swift ran for 15 yards to get into the pink zone. From there, they have been capable of run the clock down and kick a 38-yard game-winning area aim as time expired.
With that loss, the Commanders fell to 3-3, which implies they at present maintain sole possession of second place within the NFC East.
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