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Caleb Williams and Chicago Bears delivered the final blow and a knockout blow against Joe Flacco and the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday afternoon, 47-42.
Chicago had to fend off a persistent Cincinnati team, which managed to come back late in the game.
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Chicago Bears tight end Colston Loveland (84) scores a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Cincinnati. (Jeff Dean/AP Photo)
The Bears led 41-27 when DJome Moeure is completed the play into the end zone with 4:53 left in the game. Chicago nearly put the game away when Terrell Edmunds took the ball away from Flacco and returned it for what was ruled a touchdown. However, officials determined that Edmunds went down as a result of contact and overturned the 96-yard return.
On their next drive, Chicago went three-and-out. Flacco then led the Bengals on a four-play, 55-yard drive that ended with a touchdown pass to Noah Fant. The Bengals needed the ball to bounce out of the way on an offside kick attempt, and it did.
Then it only took Flacco six plays to find Andrei Iosivas for a positive result. The momentum was firmly on Team Bengals.
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Chicago Bears running back Britten Brown, 38, right, celebrates his touchdown with quarterback Caleb Williams, 18, during the second half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Cincinnati. (Jeff Dean/AP Photo)
Williams got the ball back with less than a minute to play – and it didn't look good. He threw two incompletions before running 14 yards to extend the drive.
The sophomore quarterback threw a dart to rookie Colston Loveland in midfield. Loveland bounced off two defenders and ran for a touchdown. The 58-yard play gave the Bears the lead and eventual victory.
The two teams combined for 1,071 yards and 89 points in 141 games.
Williams was 20 of 34 with 280 passing yardstwo touchdown passes and a touchdown reception. Williams actually had two catches in the game.
Bears running back Kyle Monangai, a former Rutgers standout, had 26 carries for 176 yards. Loveland finished with six catches for 118 yards and two touchdown catches.
Flacco had one of the best statistical games of his career. He was 31 of 47 with 470 passing yards, four touchdown passes and two interceptions.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins (5) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Cincinnati. (Jeff Dean/AP Photo)
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Tee Higgins led the team with seven catches for 121 yards and two touchdowns. Ja'Marr Chase had six catches for 111 yards.
Chicago improved to 5-3 while Cincinnati fell to 3-6.
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