Monday night’s win over the Commanders wasn’t exactly the Chicago Bears’ cleanest work offensively this year. But it did continue an encouraging pattern under new head coach Ben Johnson that’s a big part
of why Chicago currently sits at 3-2 on the season.
Quite simply: they’re scoring points consistently.
ChicagoBears.com’s Larry Mayer wrote after the game that the Bears officially became the only team in the league to score 21 or more points in their first five games this season. That’s right—not the Josh Allen-led Bills or Patrick Mahomes-led Chiefs. Your Chicago Bears.
It also marks the first time since 1995, when Dave Wannstedt was coaching and Erik Kramer set the current franchise record for passing yards (3838), that a Bears team has accomplished this feat. (They did it for seven straight games to start the year and began the season 5-2 before finishing 9-7.)
For perspective, the Bears managed just six games of 21 or more points all of last year, with four coming in the first six contests.
Want another encouraging sign? Starting with the pre-bye win over the Raiders, the Bears also broke a 25-game losing streak in games in which opponents scored 23 or more points.
Imagine that: the Bears are showing they can win football games by outscoring opponents, not just praying the other team doesn’t score.
Moreover, they’re doing it in Johnson’s first year as a head coach, a second-year quarterback who’s still learning how to play within himself and unlearn last season’s bad juju, and a dramatically altered offensive line that’s currently starting an undrafted second-year left tackle.
That’s the best part: this isn’t even the best they can do. Giving themselves a shot at franchise history (and doing something no other NFL team has managed in 2025) is just the baseline. As Johnson and Caleb Williams continue to grow in comfort with one another, they might put up numbers we’ve never seen out of a Chicago Bears offense.
For now, bask in this little miniature win in earnest of more to come: the Bears finally know how to put points on the board.
