This was unlike any Chicago Bears game fans had seen in a very, very long time -- maybe ever. Their Week 9 win over the Cincinnati Bengals was as wild a ride as you might see all season, with the Bears winning in dramatic fashion with a 58-yard touchdown pass from Caleb Williams to Colston Loveland.
After the 47-42 victory, Bears players were obviously riding emotional highs, with Williams emphatically stating that this is who the Bears are. When adversity strikes, they find a way to win.
In the other locker room, though, Bengals players were reeling. Star wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase didn't even get to the locker room before letting his frustrations boil over.
"One f***ing stop!" Chase yelled as he walked back to the locker room.
Bears walked off winners and left the Bengals completely unraveling
Chase was understandably not the only one upset after the Cincy loss. Starting running back Chase Brown was equally as furious as he was speaking to reporters after the game.
"Finish the f***ing game. Just end it. ... Just end the f***ing game," he told Bengals reporter James Rapien.
To be truthful, had the game gone the other way, Bears players would be saying the exact same things.
Chicago was up 41-27 with just over two minutes remaining. The Bengals somehow marched down the field to score a touchdown and converted the two-point conversion afterwards. Then, down 41-35, the Bengals successfully recovered an onside kick and proceeded to march down once again and score.
Suddenly up 42-41, the Bengals were in the position of power. After misfiring on first and second down, Williams faced a 3rd-and-10 ... and he converted thanks to a 14-yard scramble.
Of course, what came next was the 58-yard strike to Loveland and the rest was history.
Had either side gotten a stop when they needed it most, the game might've gone a different direction in the end. It was a legitimate barn burner; a nail-biter down to the very end. This game would have been unbelievably frustrating for either side to lose, yet fortunately, it was Ben Johnson's Bears who came out on top.
Typically, Bears fans are used to the team losing this kind of contest. It doesn't happen too often that Chicago is on the winning side of these games, but here we are. Look at these Bears, totaling the most offensive yardage in a game since 1980.
#Bears 576 yards offense today was the 6th most in club history and the most since they had 594 in a 61-7 victory over Green Bay on Dec. 7, 1980.
— Brad Biggs (@BradBiggs) November 2, 2025
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This really is the mark of a new era, folks.
