Bears punish Rams 37-13

Despite missing some key players due to injury, the Bears didn't miss a beat in their game Sunday versus the Rams as they unleashed big plays after big plays. The two biggest plays came in the first half as the Bears scored touchdowns on 87 and 83-yard passes. The Rams found the end zone on their first drive but the Bears did a good job holding them out of the end zone after that and only allowing a field goal the rest of the game.
Quarterback Jay Cutler played yet another terrific game as he racked up 233 yards and threw for three touchdowns in just the first half. Two of those three first half touchdowns from Cutler were to TE Zach Miller who turned a short pass into an explosive 87-yard touchdown. Miller caught five catches for 107 yards and two touchdowns on the day. He has now caught three touchdown passes in the past two games. Rookie running back Jeremy Langford, who replaced injured Matt Forte, scampered for an 83-yard touchdown on a perfectly executed screen. Langford had a very productive day rushing for 73 yards and a touchdown along with 109 receiving yards and a touchdown.
The Bears took their first lead of the game in the second quarter going up 17-10 after Miller's second touchdown grab and they would never look back after that. The Bears outscored the Rams 30-3 over the final three quarters. The Bears reverted back to old habits on defense producing two turnovers on the day and held star running back Todd Gurley to only 45 yards on 12 carries.

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The Bears are riding a two game winning streak and are now 4-5 on the season. The Bears face the Denver Broncos who will be without Peyton Manning next week.

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Bears Win on Monday Night

The Chicago Bears complete the comeback in prime time as they beat the San Diego Chargers 22-19 on Monday Night Football. The Bears trailed the entire game before quarterback Jay Cutler put together a game-winning drive in the final minutes. Down 19-14, Cutler found TE Zach Miller who made an incredible one-handed catch for a touchdown to give the Bears the lead. The Bears would punch in the two-point conversion and would lead 22-19. The Chargers went to work on the ensuing drive and was hoping to find a chance to win, but the Bears stepped up and shut them down. Lamarr Houston came up huge with two sacks on Phillip Rivers which pushed the Chargers back and they would eventually turn the ball over on downs. With this win the Bears are now 3-5!

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Late field goal gives Bears a crushing lost

Once again the Bears lose a heartbreaker to another divisional rival late in the fourth quarter. Although Jay Cutler scrambled into the end zone from 4 yards out to give the Bears a 20-13 lead with 4:55 left in the game, the Bears made some costly mistakes late in the game. The Minnesota Vikings capitalized on those mistakes and scored 10 points in the game's last two minutes to escape the Windy City with a 23-20 victory.

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Vikings' wide receiver Stefon Diggs spun away from a tackle on a short pass and turned it into a 40-yard touchdown to tie the game at 20 with 1:49 to play. Following that the Bears took over on offense but was forced to punt after rookie running back Jeremy Langford dropped a third-down pass that would have given the Bears a first down. The Vikings got the ball back and took a shot down field to receiver Charles Johnson who made an incredible catch and was brought down at the Chicago 27 yard line. That then set up the game-winning 36-yard field goal by Blair Walsh as time expired.
Quarterback Jay Cutler played well completing 22 of his 33 passes for 211 yards and 2 total touchdowns. Alshon Jeffery was on the receiving end of one of those touchdowns as he made a key play outleaping the cornerback to snag a touchdown pass that tied the game at 10 right before the first half ended. Jeffery finished the day with 116 yards on 10 catches.
The defense played well for Chicago too, before giving up that last touchdown the Stefon Diggs. Before that the Bears kept the Vikings out of the end zone or the first 58 minutes of the game. "There are not a lot of blowouts in the NFL. You're going to be in some tight games and you've got to find a way to win in the fourth quarter" said Coach John Fox after the game.
The Bears now drop to 2-5 on the season and get back to work this week looking to get something rolling as they head to San Diego to face the Chargers.


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