Bears beat Seahawks 34-17 on Monday Night Football as Swift scores three times and Jeffery Simmons shines on debut
D'Andre Swift ran for three touchdowns and Caleb Williams threw for 247 yards as the Bears won 34-17 in Seattle to improve to 6-2.
At a glance
- The Chicago Bears beat the Seattle Seahawks 34-17 at Lumen Field on Monday night, November 2, to go 6-2. Seattle fell to 4-4.
- D'Andre Swift ran for three touchdowns, including two in the last nine minutes after Seattle had cut the gap to 20-17.
- Caleb Williams completed 24 of 34 passes for 247 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions.
- Defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons, just traded from Tennessee, sacked Sam Darnold on his fourth snap as a Bear.
The Chicago Bears beat the Seattle Seahawks 34-17 on Monday Night Football in Seattle, scoring two late touchdowns after the home side had pulled within three points. D'Andre Swift ran for three scores and Caleb Williams threw for 247 yards as the Bears improved to 6-2. Seattle are 4-4 and have lost three of their last four.
Williams became the first quarterback this season to pass for more than 200 yards against the Seattle defence.
How Chicago pulled away after Seattle's comeback
The Bears opened with a 17-play, 80-yard drive that ended with Williams finding rookie Luther Burden for a one-yard touchdown. Three Cairo Santos field goals made it 13-3 before Sam Darnold hit Jaxon Smith-Njigba for a 43-yard touchdown with 30 seconds left in the first half. Jason Myers missed the extra point, leaving it 13-9 at the break.
Swift's first touchdown run stretched the lead to 20-9 in the third quarter. Seattle answered early in the fourth: Darnold's 7-yard play-action throw to Cooper Kupp and a two-point pass to Tory Horton made it 20-17 with 11:46 left.
That was as close as it got. A 39-yard gain by Kalif Raymond on a lateral set up Swift's 5-yard run for 27-17, and Swift added another 5-yard score with 4:41 left to end it.
| Quarter | Score | Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | CHI 7-0 | Williams 1-yd TD pass to Burden |
| 2nd | CHI 7-3 | Myers 27-yd FG |
| 2nd | CHI 13-3 | Santos FGs of 44 and 38 yds |
| 2nd | CHI 13-9 | Darnold 43-yd TD pass to Smith-Njigba (PAT missed) |
| 3rd | CHI 20-9 | Swift TD run |
| 4th | CHI 20-17 | Darnold 7-yd TD pass to Kupp, two-point conversion |
| 4th | CHI 27-17 | Swift 5-yd TD run |
| 4th | CHI 34-17 | Swift 5-yd TD run |
The numbers behind the win
| Bears | Seahawks | |
|---|---|---|
| Total yards | 363 | 252 |
| Third downs | 7 of 15 | 1 of 11 |
| Rushing | 35 for 126 | 19 for 81 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 35:03 | 24:57 |
Williams was 24 of 34 for 247 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions. Rome Odunze caught four passes for 87 yards, Colston Loveland had seven for 65 and Burden seven for 56. Swift carried 27 times for 69 yards and three scores.
For Seattle, Darnold was 17 of 34 for 188 yards with two touchdowns and an interception by James Lynch. Smith-Njigba had six catches for 118 yards, his fourth straight 100-yard game. The Seahawks converted just one third down all night.
Simmons makes an instant impact
Jeffery Simmons, the defensive tackle Chicago acquired from Tennessee in a trade that cost two first-round picks, needed four snaps to record his first sack as a Bear. He finished with two tackles for loss, a quarterback hit and a deflected pass in the fourth quarter. "When I attacked the field, I wasn't worried about the trade," he said afterwards.
Seattle coach Mike Macdonald did not look for excuses: "We got beat."
Injuries and what comes next
Bears defensive linemen Grady Jarrett (groin) and Kenatvius Street (knee) left the game, while Seattle lost Leonard Williams to a stinger in the second half.
The win keeps Chicago in second place in the NFC North behind Minnesota (6-1), ahead of Detroit (5-2) and Green Bay (5-3). The Bears host Tampa Bay on Sunday night in Week 9, and the Seahawks host Arizona on Sunday, level with the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC West.
