Chicago Bears Run Riot Over Reeling Eagles On Black Friday For Fifth Straight

Kyle Monangai rushed for 130 yards and a touchdown, D’Andre Swift ran for 125 yards and a score, and nan Chicago Bears vanished pinch 281 yards connected nan crushed to triumph their 5th consecutive game, 24-15 complete nan reeling Philadelphia Eagles connected Friday night.

Led by rookie coach Ben Johnson, nan astonishing Bears (9-3) are unsocial successful first spot successful nan NFC North heading into a 7 December showdown astatine Green Bay.

Last season, nan Bears’ Thanksgiving nonaccomplishment astatine Detroit led to nan firing of coach Matt Eberflus and was their sixth consecutive of what ballooned into a 10-game losing streak. A twelvemonth later, nan Bears bullied Philadelphia’s protect statement for a comparatively easy triumph astatine nan location of nan Super Bowl champions.

The Eagles (8-4) seemingly had nan NFC East wrapped up 2 weeks ago, only to suffer consecutive defeats that person them looking small for illustration a Super Bowl contender. Perhaps still emotion nan sting of turning a 21-0 lead astatine Dallas connected Sunday into a 24-21 loss, nan Eagles’ discourtesy showed fewer signs of snapping retired of its funk. Fed-up Philly fans spent nan crippled booing and calling for nan squad to occurrence violative coordinator Kevin Patullo.

The Eagles’ play has taken specified a move that moreover nan beloved tush push doomed them successful this one.

With nan Eagles trailing 10-9 precocious successful nan 3rd quarter, Jalen Hurts fumbled connected nan tush push heavy successful Chicago territory and nan Bears recovered.

The Bears – who person a knack for winning one-score games – turned nan turnover into nan thrust of nan day. Monangai ripped disconnected a 31-yard tally connected nan first play and Caleb Williams – who was 17 of 36 for 154 yards and a touchdown – completed a seven-yard walk to Colston Loveland connected 4th down that extended nan drive.

Monangai ran for a four-yard TD that made it 17-9 early successful nan fourth, and Williams added nan security people pinch a 28-yard TD walk to Cole Kmet for a 24-9 lead.

Fans who had been chanting “Fire Kevin!” began flocking toward nan exits – and nan Eagles will look moreover much questions astir nan sorry authorities of their offense.

The Bears don’t care. Even pinch 3 linebackers retired pinch injuries, Chicago socked nan Eagles from nan jump.

Philly’s Jalen Hurts threw for 230 yards and a brace of touchdowns to disgruntled receiver AJ Brown, who had 10 catches for 132 yards. Saquon Barkley couldn’t break free against 1 of nan worst tally defenses successful nan NFL and vanished pinch 56 yards rushing.

The Eagles ran conscionable 17 plays and had 2 first downs (with 83 full yards and 26 rushing) successful nan first half. The Bears totaled 142 rushing yards successful nan half.

Swift, who became nan first moving backmost to apical 100 yards rushing against nan Eagles this season, scored against his erstwhile squad connected a three-yard tally a 7-0 lead. The Bears lead 10-3 erstwhile Hurts deed Brown successful nan 3rd 4th for a 33-yard TD that made it 10-9.

Jake Elliott missed nan other point, adding to nan database of disfigured plays that sunk nan Super Bowl champs.

Hurts and Brown connected connected precocious four-yard TD precocious successful nan fourth, but nan Eagles missed nan two-point conversion effort to support it a two-score game.