The vibes in Chicago are at an all-time high after the Bears picked up a 26-14 win over the New Orleans Saints in Week 7. Most importantly, it increased their impressive winning streak to four games in a row.
There's plenty of reasons for the Bears being able to get back on track after an 0-2 start to the season. The evidence includes protecting the football on offense, running the ball more efficiently, and creating turnovers on defense.
After the win over the Saints, Bears quarterback Caleb Williams revealed to the media a simpler reason for how the team is winning at a high level.
"It’s confidence, it’s believing, it’s living in the known. The feeling of myself this year in a sense of when we have games, when we’re going through the game plan, when we’re at the end of the week, it’s more a feeling of we know we’re going to win. And that’s not always going to be the case, but the feeling of it is different than maybe or we got to go out and play a perfect game.
It’s living in the known, the feeling of we’re going to come out here and win a game. And obviously a lot of things have to go right, we have to execute, communication, all these different things, defense plays well, offense plays well, special teams, all three sides of the ball. But living in the known is kind of where we’re at.
Even when we were at 0-2, we were still living in the known that we were going to fight back and we were going to be 2-2, then we go 3-2, then we’re going to be 4-2. It’s living in the known. We have to do things throughout the week – hard work, staying late, do all the right things. But living in the known is where we’re living."
Bears are rolling strong through the last four games
The biggest star over the last two games to take this winning streak to new heights has been running back D'Andre Swift. It's been two consecutive 100-yard games for Swift, including a season-high 124 yards against the Saints. Overall, the Bears ran for 222 yards as a team in the New Orleans game.
Defensively, this Bears team is putting up some insane numbers with four straight games with at least three turnovers being created. Three of the last four games have been four turnovers. The Bears have 15 turnovers during the four-game winning streak and 16 on the season.
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