The Bears won another thriller on Monday Night Football, when they took down the Commanders 25-24 with a buzzer-beating field goal. It was their second walkoff win in a row, and their third-straight victory after starting the season 0-2.
Plenty of players had heroic moments, but there can be only one Player Of The Game, so we asked you who it should be: Jake Moody, D'Andre Swift, Montez Sweat, or the offensive line.
D'Andre Swift, RB
Swift didn't have much running room to work with over the team's first four games of the season, but he finally got a little space on Monday night and took full advantage. Swift carried the ball 14 times for 108 yards, good for a whopping 7.7 YPC average. He added two catches for 67 yards and a receiving touchdown.
Swift also came up big when the Bears need him the most. When the Bears were reeling the fourth quarter, having seen their 13-point first half lead turn into an eight-point deficit, Swift gave them the spark they needed to get back in the game.
That little hesitation step will play on Bears highlights for the rest of the year, and will probably be a mainstay in Swift's sizzle reel as long as he's in the league.
He wasn't done after that big moment, though.
When Nahshon Wright fell on Jayden Daniel's fumble to give the Bears a prime opportunity to win, Ben Johnson turned to Swift again. The running back carried the ball five times for 34 yards to set up Jake Moody's game-winning field goal. The back breaker was a 15 yard carry on a 2nd-and-12 snap.
Jake Moody, K
Heading into Sunday it appeared that starting Bears kicker Cairo Santos would be good to play against the Commanders. He was officially questionable to play in the game due to a quadriceps injury, but had managed to practice in full for the entire week.
But hours before the game, the Bears elevated Jake Moody-- who had been with the team for just over one month-- from the practice squad to the active roster. Not long after, the Bears officially announced Santos was inactive. Moody would be the man handling placekicking duties.
Johnson wasn't afraid to call Moody's number early and often. By night's end, Moody attempted five field goals, including the game winner as time expired. That game-winning kick was "just" a 38-yarder but it was a nervier than your typical end-of-game kick, considering Moody had his previous attempt blocked.
All-in-all a gutsy performance in his first NFL action since missing 2-3 kicks for the 49ers in Week 1.
Montez Sweat, DE
Sweat played well over the Bears' first four games of the season, but nothing to "Tez Effect" levels. He wasted no time in making his presence felt on Monday Night, though.
Sweat forced a fumble near the end of the first quarter to set up the Bears' first touchdown drive of the evening. He didn't have a sack, but worked through chips throughout the night to speed up Daniels' clock and get him off his spot. Sweat did come close to one sack, but he was tripped up by Andrew Billings in an unfortunate moment of friendly fire.
In the fourth quarter, Sweat also batted a ball down at the line to force a 3rd-and-10 play. That eventually led to a critical Commanders punt.
Bears' offensive line
The Bears pass protection looked better in the first quarter of the 2025 season than it did for most of the 2024 campaign, but running lanes were hard to come by. So Johnson made his first personnel change with the front five by inserting Theo Benedet at left tackle instead of Braxton Jones.
Benedet was a surprise roster riser at training camp this summer, and has continued to make the most of his opportunities. On Monday, he was effective working as a lead blocker when plays came his way, whether it be a zone run or a wide receiver screen. According to PFF, he allowed just two pressures in pass pro.
Darnell Wright was arguably the top run blocker in his return to the lineup, however. Wright missed the Raiders game with an elbow he sustained in Week 3 against the Cowboys, but looked as effective as ever out in space.
The three big additions in the middle-- Joe Thuney, Drew Dalman and Jonah Jackson-- all did a great job creating lanes for Swift and preventing too much pressure from reaching Williams up the middle.
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But who was the player of the game? Here's what you had to say:
Bears fans, who's your player of the game after that MNF thriller?
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