The Bears played overtime for the first time in four years and found an agonizing way to lose in Sunday’s 30-27 loss to the Vikings at Soldier Field:
The five-timers club
The Bears have lost five consecutive games, with three coming as time expired. Amazingly, the Bears have had skids of five games or more in 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Quarterback Caleb Williams said that, despite the obvious frustration, he doesn’t see his teammates letting up.
“That’s definitely encouraging,” he said. “You don’t want to be around people that are quitting, giving up. That’s not the type of guys we have.”
JJ vs JJ
Receiver Jordan Addison had eight catches for a career-high 162 yards. The Bears handled Justin Jefferson better, holding him to two catches for 27 yards.
Jefferson, perhaps the league’s best receiver, hurt the Bears in other ways, drawing pass interference on Jaylon Johnson that gave the Vikings the ball at the Bears’ 6 in the second quarter and another on Johnson in the third quarter that converted a third-and-three. He had a 20-yard catch in overtime.
No run game
Running back D’Andre Swift ran 13 times for only 30 yards and backup Roschon Johnson had two yards on as many carries. Williams, amazingly, was the team’s best rusher, scrambling six times for 33 yards. The Bears can’t repeat that formula Thursday against the high-scoring Lions.