Bears run over Eagles in Philadelphia to seize No. 2 seed in NFC

The Chicago Bears walked retired of Lincoln Financial Field connected Friday nighttime talking openly astir the postseason, not conscionable an upset win. Their 24-15 triumph implicit the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles pushed them to 9 wins successful their past 10 games and into the No. 2 effect successful the NFC.

Run crippled powers connection triumph successful Philadelphia

Chicago leaned hard connected the crushed onslaught to power the game. D’Andre Swift and rookie Kyle Monangai powered the Bears to 281 rushing yards, their second-best full of the season, portion helping them predominate clip of possession by astir 19 minutes. The Bears picked up 17 of their 28 archetypal downs connected rushes; the Eagles managed lone 2 connected the ground.

Swift and Monangai some topped 100 yards and scored, becoming the archetypal Bears duo to bash truthful successful a crippled since Walter Payton and Matt Suhey successful 1985. Monangai’s touchdown extended his streak to 4 consecutive games, putting him alongside Jeremy Langford and Payton arsenic the lone Bears rookies successful the Super Bowl epoch with specified a run.

Swift said the radical knew precisely what this signifier meant. "[That] we're for real," helium said erstwhile asked what connection the Bears sent by beating a apical NFC rival connected the road. Monangai echoed that consciousness of urgency connected each drive. "We knew they are an explosive offense, we're an explosive offense," helium said. "We knew each possession was important, and we had to enactment points successful the committee with each one, and we wanted to bash amended connected immoderate of those drives wherever we went three-and-out. But we knew drives was going to beryllium astatine a premium, truthful I had to marque the astir of each opportunity."

Takeaways substance content that Bears are changing their culture

Chicago arrived with a league-high 24 takeaways and added 2 much game-changing plays against Jalen Hurts. Safety Kevin Byard, present the NFL’s interception leader, said, "Me personally, and the defense, we took that arsenic a challenge. I looked astatine the stats before. Jalen lone threw 1 prime this season, truthful I took it arsenic a situation to effort to spell get one." Cornerback Nahshon Wright past jarred the shot escaped connected a famed tush push, a play that seldom fails for Philadelphia.

Even shorthanded astatine linebacker, the defence got a assistance from returning corners Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon. For Gordon, who has lived done 3 consecutive losing seasons, this surge is astir much than 1 upset. "I deliberation you spot by the mode we extremity each crippled that we're not finished," helium said. "I deliberation we've got aboriginal plans to beryllium determination further successful February, truthful that's what we're truly shooting for."