Bears Beat Seahawks 34-17 on Monday Night Football as D'Andre Swift Scores 3 TDs and Jeffery Simmons Debuts

The Chicago Bears went into Lumen Field on Monday night and beat the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks 34-17. Seattle had cut a 20-9 lead to 20-17 early in the fourth quarter, but Chicago scored the last 14 points to pull away.

The win moved the Bears to 6-2 with their third straight victory. ClutchPoints noted it is Chicago’s best start since 2012. Seattle fell to 4-4.

Bears vs. Seahawks final score by quarter

Source: ESPN.

How the game played out

Chicago set the tone on its first possession. After a defensive three-and-out, Caleb Williams led a 17-play, 80-yard drive that took 8:32 off the clock and ended with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Luther Burden III, ChicagoBears.com reported. According to the team, Seattle had not allowed an opening-drive touchdown in its previous 16 games.

The first half went mostly Chicago’s way:

• Jason Myers kicked a 27-yard field goal for Seattle early in the second quarter.
• Cairo Santos answered with field goals of 44 and 38 yards, making it 13-3.
• Sam Darnold beat a blitz with a 43-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba with 30 seconds left in the half. Myers missed the extra point, leaving it 13-9.

D’Andre Swift’s 1-yard run put the Bears up 20-9 in the third quarter. Early in the fourth, Austin Booker blocked a 33-yard Myers field goal try.

Seattle’s push and Chicago’s answer

The Seahawks’ comeback started with a takeaway. DeMarcus Lawrence forced and recovered a Colston Loveland fumble at the Chicago 25. Two plays before Seattle scored, Cam Lewis intercepted Darnold in the end zone, but a defensive holding penalty on Clark Phillips III wiped it out. Darnold then hit Cooper Kupp for a 7-yard touchdown and added a two-point conversion, making it 20-17 with 11:46 to go.

The key break came next. On third-and-4 from the Seattle 39, Swift was stopped for a loss, but the play clock had already run out and Seattle was called for delay of game. Kalif Raymond then turned a quick pass into a 39-yard gain to the 5, and Swift scored from there to make it 27-17.

On Seattle’s next drive, Booker tipped a Darnold pass and James Lynch intercepted it, returning it to the Seahawks’ 6. Swift scored again from 5 yards out to make it 34-17 with 4:41 left.

Bears vs. Seahawks player stats

Chicago - Caleb Williams: 24 of 34 passing, 247 yards, 1 TD, 101.0 rating - D’Andre Swift: 27 carries, 69 yards, 3 TDs - Rome Odunze: 4 catches, 87 yards - Colston Loveland: 7 catches, 65 yards - Luther Burden III: 7 catches, 56 yards, 1 TD

Seattle - Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 6 catches, 118 yards, 1 TD (per ClutchPoints) - Sam Darnold: 2 TD passes, 1 interception, sacked 3 times

The Bears held Seattle to 252 total yards and 1-of-11 on third down, according to ChicagoBears.com. Their defense forced five three-and-outs.

Jeffery Simmons makes an instant impact

Defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons came to Chicago in a trade with the Tennessee Titans on Thursday. In his Bears debut he had six tackles, a sack and a pass defensed, the team reported. The AP named Simmons and Williams as the leaders of the win. Simmons and Devin Bush also dropped Zach Charbonnet for a 6-yard loss that forced Seattle to settle for its first field goal.

What Mike Macdonald said

Seattle coach Mike Macdonald didn’t make excuses. “I mean, we got beat, and, um, not no other way to sugarcoat it,” he said after the game, as quoted by ClutchPoints from a post by 93.3 KJR’s Gregg Bell. “I think when you look at the things that it takes to win in our league, we didn’t do those things, and they did. So credit to them.”

What’s next for the Bears and Seahawks

The Bears host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Soldier Field next Sunday night, Nov. 8. Seattle’s schedule has the Seahawks at home against the Arizona Cardinals that Sunday.

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