Chicago Bears 20 Tampa Bay 19
The honours went to Nick Foles in is 2nd ever meeting with Tom Brady on Thursday night, as the Bears hung on to win a mistake riddled encounter with the Buccs. The is now 2-0 in meetings between the two!
Mistakes, Mistakes!
Tampa only have themselves to blame for leaving Soldier Field empty handed, having dominated early running up a 13-0 lead, however, a two Bears TDs inside the last two minutes of the first half, including one from a bad fumble saw Chicago go in at the half a point up. The second half was painful watching at times with both offenses struggling nd not a single TD.
Mind you we had some late drama as first the Bears kicked the go-ahead field goal with just over a minute to play, and then Tom Brady seemed to get his down count wrong going for it on fourth down rather than attempting a long field goal to win it in the dying seconds. Still, this shouldn’t have been an issue as dropped passes and 109 yards of penalties tells the story of a sloppy performance.
Now What?
Well don’t look now but the Bears are 4-1 and snow have the head to head over a major playoff rival. With a winnable game coming up against the Panthers they could be the seasons’ surprise team. However, they will have to sort that running game out – 35 yrs total to add to only 28 last week will not cut it as the season wears on and the weather gets colder. David Montgomery has had a princely 101 yards in his last three games and with little in the way of depth behind him we think there is a good chance they look to add another option especially if they manage to get to 5-1.
As for Tampa they will be smarting about this performance and with the Packers coming up and a schedule which still features games against the Saints, Rams & Vikings, this result may come back to haunt them.
