The Bears held the ball for the final 8:30 on an 18-play drive that was the longest possession by the team in eight years. A recap of this game can be found in our live blog below! Why the Bears wonĬhicago was able to take advantage of Detroit mistakes on the final possession in order to snatch victory from the Lions. Detroit could have extended its lead in the fourth quarter, but three consecutive penalties in Bears territory forced a third-and-32 (the second one Detroit had in the game) and give Chicago the ball back with 8:30 to play - which the Bears used the remaining time to pull off the victory.Īs you consume your turkey, here are takeaways from this thriller. Detroit didn't have D'Andre Swift for the majority of this one due to a shoulder injury, yet were able to move the ball on their final two possessions of the second half.
Hockenson with 1:46 to play in the third quarter. The Lions took a 14-13 lead on a Jared Goff 17-yard pass to T.J. Misuse of timeouts cost Detroit that opportunity and gave Chicago the walk-off win.
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A series of coaching errors by Dan Campbell and the Lions coaching staff followed as the Bears were set to kick the go-ahead field goal and give Detroit the ball back with under two minutes to play. Andy Dalton was 4-for-5 for 46 yards on the final drive, connecting with Cole Kmet for 12 yards to put the Bears in field goal range to take the lead. The Bears held the ball for the final 8:30, resulting in an 18-play drive that was their longest possession (by number of plays) since 2013. Trailing by a point for all but one second of the fourth quarter, Cairo Santos hit the game-winning 28-yard field goal as time expired to give Chicago a 16-14 victory over Detroit on Thanksgiving.
The Chicago Bears made sure they weren't going to be the first team to lose to the Detroit Lions in 2021.
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