The Chicago Bears have established a common theme of keeping games close and winning in dramatic fashion late. It keeps Bears fans on the edge of their seat all game, and gets your blood pressure going. 

Trailing by 10 points to the New York Giants on Sunday, with some early winter weather in Chicago, Caleb Williams led another fourth-quarter comeback that saw the Bears score 14 points in just 2:09 and come away with a 24-20 win, improving to 6-3. 

It was not pretty at all, and due to some self-inflicting errors on the Giants’ part, Chicago was given opportunity after opportunity, and Williams delivered yet again in the clutch. Sunday was the Bears’ largest comeback victory since week 1 of 2024, when Chicago beat the Tennessee Titans. 

“I just want to keep stacking wins the best way we can,” DJ Moore said. “If it’s like this every week, I mean, we’re all going to lose some years off our life, but we’re going to be good.”

Chicago is now 4-1 this season in one-score games, and has now won six out of their last seven games. The last time Chicago got off to a 6-3 start was in 2018, the season in which it last won the NFC North. 

“I told the guys in the locker room a minute ago, it really feels like I’m on repeat here. These guys are finding a way to fight until the end and win these games. Once again, not our prettiest game, we had a number of things go on, you know, drops on offense, we just weren’t playing consistent or efficient football, but credit to our guys for fighting through there in the end and coming away with one.” 

The Bears’ defense was once again getting burned throughout the game by Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart, and trailed 17-7 in the third quarter. But it was a forced turnover by C.J. Gardner-Johnson that swung some of the momentum, and on that same play, Dart would have to leave the game with a concussion. 

New York totaled over 400 yards of offense Sunday, but the Chicago defense did what was necessary for the game never to get blown out of proportion. The Bears held the Giants to 1 of 4 in the red zone, totaled four sacks on the game, and New York’s 10 penalties didn’t help their case either. 

Dart showcased his versatility for New York, scoring two rushing touchdowns before being taken out of the game. He was 19-for-29 with 242 yards passing and had six rushes for 66 yards. 

Chicago had no answer for Dart, but it played to their advantage the minute he exited the game, and it showed once Russell Wilson entered in his relief. 

Like last week in Cincinnati, Williams and the Bears’ offense kicked things into a different gear in the fourth quarter. Williams led a nine-play, 91-yard drive that saw Williams extend plays, avoiding the Giants’ pass rush, and found Rome Odunze for a two-yard touchdown pass with 3:56 as Chicago trailed 20-17, and had all three timeouts. 

On the Giants’ ensuing possession, it was one of those moments the defense came through for Chicago. New York’s drive lasted just 1:03 and netted -8 total yards. Chicago sacked Wilson twice and gave the ball right back to the Bears’ offense. 

After a botched punt from Julian Gillian gave Chicago the ball back with 2:53, the ball on the 53-yard line, Williams did the rest. Just before the two-minute warning, Williams found Luther Burden III for a gain of 27 yards to the Giants’ 19-yard line. Two plays later, rolling to his left and being chased by Kayvon Thibodeaux, Williams got a big block from Cole Kmet and ran along the sideline for the 17-yard go-ahead touchdown. 

Williams, who carried the ball eight times for 63 yards, like last week, kept drives alive for the Bears and ultimately scored the game-winning touchdown. Chicago would hold the Giants to a turnover on downs and pick up their third win at Soldier Field this season. 

Next weekend in Minnesota will be the last team Chicago faces that has a losing record, until week 16 against the Cleveland Browns. Four out of the next five are against the NFC North, where Chicago is 3-11 in their last 14 games, and they travel to Philadelphia and San Francisco. 

Each team the Bears have beaten this season has had a losing record, which raises questions about whether this style of winning is sustainable. Johnson continues to say Chicago has yet to play their best football and that December is when the team will come full circle. 

The offense remains inconsistent, resulting in empty drives and poor execution in the red zone. On Sunday, Chicago had six dropped passes, the most by any team in a single game in NFL history. Play like this won’t slide against the top teams in the NFC, and the Bears know that. 

“We’d like to take the next step as a football team where we’re up by a score or two in the fourth quarter early on and we can shut the teams out that way,” Johnson said. “Hopefully, that is next week, but we will take them as they come. Once again, we found a way to win, and that’s the most important thing.”