BearsTuesday, November 3
Jeffery Simmons debuts and the Bears beat the defending champion Seahawks 34-17
The Morning Chicago team
If you skipped the late game, here's the short version: the Bears beat the defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks 34-17 on Monday night in Seattle and improved to 6-2. Jeffery Simmons, the All-Pro tackle the Bears traded two first-round picks for last Thursday, led the team with six tackles, including a first-quarter sack.
The Bears beat the Seahawks 34-17 in Seattle
- Bears34 (won)Seahawks17
Sources: WGN Radio, Chicago Sun-Times
Seattle cut it to 20-17 in the fourth quarter. Then Kalif Raymond turned a third-and-9 lateral into a 39-yard gain, and D'Andre Swift punched in his second touchdown run of the night seconds later. Swift finished with three touchdown runs, and Caleb Williams went 24 of 34 for 247 yards and a touchdown pass.
- Swift: 27 carries for 69 yards
- James Lynch: first career interception, in his sixth NFL season
- Next game: Buccaneers at Soldier Field, Sunday, Nov. 8
Simmons, Williams and Swift powered the win
- 6
- tackles for Jeffery Simmons in his Bears debut
- 247
- passing yards for Caleb Williams
- 3
- touchdown runs for D'Andre Swift
- 6-2
- the Bears' record after the win
Sources: WGN-TV, Chicago Sun-Times, FOX Illinois
Sources: Chicago Sun-Times, WGN-TV, Shaw Local, FOX Illinois, WGN Radio