The Chicago Bears went again in time on Black Friday in their 24-15 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
While the Bears received by 9 factors, the sport wasn’t that shut. Chicago dominated Philadelphia all through the sport, particularly on the bottom.
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The Bears ended with 281 dashing yards as a workforce and two touchdowns. Kyle Monangai and D’Andre Swift have been a terrific one-two punch, because the rookie had 130 dashing yards and one landing, and the veteran completed with 125 and one rating of his personal.
Some historical past was made in the win, as Friday was the primary time because the 1985 season that the Bears had two 100-yard rushers in a recreation, by way of The Chicago Tribune’s Brad Biggs.
On Nov. 10, 1985, Walter Payton had 105 dashing yards, and Matt Suhey ended with 102 in a 24-3 win over the Detroit Lions.
What made the achievement much more spectacular again then was that Suhey was a fullback for the Bears that season. He entered the league in 1980 after being drafted out of Penn State and was a working again as a rookie.
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Suhey was then transformed a fullback and was the lead blocker for a lot of of Payton’s runs.
Of course, Bears followers know Payton very properly. He completed with 16,726 profession dashing yards and leads the franchise in that stat. He has an 8,124-yard lead over the runner-up, Matt Forte.
There have been doubts about this Bears’ working recreation earlier in the season, however because of Swift and Monangai, issues have circled.
Chicago now has the perfect dashing offense in the league, averaging 153.8 yards per recreation. Second are the Buffalo Bills, who common 147.2 yards per recreation on the bottom.
Swift is wanting like he may eclipse the 1,000-yard mark in dashing for simply the second time in his profession, whereas Monangai seems to be a seventh-round steal of a draft decide.
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Swift now has 774 dashing yards, whereas Monangai’s complete is as much as 621.
With Friday’s win, Chicago secured its first profitable season since 2018 and presently holds the No. 2 seed in the NFC. The Bears additionally fought off the Green Bay Packers for the division lead in the NFC North for an additional week at the very least.
Green Bay and Chicago meet for the primary time this season on Dec. 7 at Lambeau Field. Kickoff is at 3:25 p.m. CT on Fox.