The Chicago Bears’ win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was the textbook definition of shooting yourself in the foot. Chicago repeating kept hurting themselves in this game with nine penalties and have turnovers. It is the second time this season the Bears have turned the ball over five times, but the first time they won.
Chicago's 27-24 win over the Buccaneers on Sunday Night Football was the first time since October 2010 the Bears have won a football game when their quarterback threw at least four interceptions. That game was against the Carolina Panthers when they had Todd Collins at quarterback. It was his only start of the season, playing for Jay Cutler, who was out with a concussion.
With his four interceptions, Bears quarterback Caleb Williams
became just the eleventh quarterback in the NFL since 2000 to throw at least four interceptions and win. The last quarterback to do this was Jared Goff with the Detroit Lions in 2024, when he had five interceptions in the Lions’ 26-23 win over the Houston Texans. Interestingly enough, Bears head coach Ben Johnson was his offensive coordinator at the time.
This game was also the first time since October 2006, in Chicago’s "Miracle in the Desert" against the Arizona Cardinals, that they won a game with at least five turnovers. In the 2006 win, the Bears escaped Arizona with a 24-23 win and none of Chicago’s three touchdowns came from the offense. Instead, they had a scoop-and-score in the third quarter, again in the fourth quarter and an 83-yard punt return for a touchdown by Devin Hester with under three minutes left in the game.
In summary, Chicago made history in a lot of ways that they did not want to. But a win is a win, and they now sit at 7-2 heading into the bye week with an opportunity to clean things up before their Week 11 contest against the New Orleans Saints.
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