Bears win thrilling game against Commanders

Sometimes the sweetest victories taste like revenge served ice cold. The Chicago Bears just delivered exactly that kind of meal to the Washington Commanders, winning 25-24 in a nail-biter that had more twists than a pretzel factory. And honestly? It happened to a franchise that desperately needed to prove it could actually close out games when it mattered.

Let’s rewind to last season’s horror show. Week 8, same opponent, same city – but a completely different ending. The Bears watched helplessly as Jayden Daniels launched a Hail Mary that found Noah Brown in the end zone, crushing Chicago’s hopes like a dropped deep-dish pizza. That loss stung worse than stepping on a Lego barefoot, and everyone knew it.

Bears Show Championship-Level Grit When Everything Goes Wrong

Fast forward to Monday night, and the football gods decided to test this Bears team’s mettle in the most brutal way possible. Down 24-16 in the fourth quarter, with a Rome Odunze touchdown wiped off the board by the zebras, a blocked field goal, and a failed fourth-down gamble – this had all the makings of another classic Chicago collapse.

But here’s where this 2025 version of the Bears showed they’re cut from a different cloth. Instead of folding like a lawn chair in a tornado, they dug deeper. D’Andre Swift turned into a human highlight reel, hauling in a 55-yard touchdown bomb from Caleb Williams that had Commanders fans reaching for their car keys early.

Caleb Williams Proves He’s Got Ice In His Veins

Williams, playing in his hometown no less, looked like a seasoned veteran managing that final drive. The kid who was supposed to be overwhelmed by Monday Night Football pressure instead orchestrated a methodical march down the field that would make Aaron Rodgers tip his cap.

“I actually didn’t think the play was going to work because there were three defenders sitting outside of the tackle over there,” Williams said with the kind of honesty that makes you root for him even harder. “So when the ball got snapped I was like, uh-oh, I’m going to have to go make a play.”

Defense Creates Magic When It Matters Most

The Bears’ defense deserves a standing ovation for this one. Three turnovers leading to 13 points? That’s the kind of opportunistic football that wins championships. When Daniels coughed up that fumble with three minutes left, Nahshon Wright was there faster than a Chicago hot dog vendor at Wrigley. Safety Kevin Byard summed up the culture shift perfectly: “We could have easily had our heads down. We were down by eight, but nobody blinked. We just kept fighting.” That’s championship DNA talking, folks.

Jake Moody Delivers When Heroes Are Made

Let’s give Jake Moody his flowers. Kickers live in a world where one swing of the leg can make you either a legend or a laughingstock. With the game on the line, Moody stepped up and delivered the kind of clutch kick that Bears fans will be talking about for decades.

Head Coach Ben Johnson’s game management in those final moments was poetry in motion. Running the clock down, keeping the Commanders guessing, and putting his team in position to win – that’s coaching at its finest.

The Bears are now 3-2 and riding a wave of confidence that feels different from years past. They’ve won two straight by a single point, showing they’ve learned the most valuable lesson in football: how to win when everything goes wrong. In a league where championships are decided by inches and seconds, that might be the most important skill of all.