The Bears beat the Packers after having less than a 1 percent chance to win in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter. DJ Moore caught a 46-yard touchdown pass from Caleb Williams with 4:50 left in overtime for an improbable 22-16 victory over the Packers.
The Packers were close to getting their onside kick back after beating the Bears for the second time in three weeks and taking control of the NFC North. Instead, the Bears improved to 11-4 and the Packers fell to 9-5-1.
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The Packers beat the Bears 28-21 on Dec. 7, and they’ll leave Chicago thinking they should have won 16-9 Saturday night. Instead, Williams achieved her sixth comeback victory of the season.
The Bears trailed by 10 points with 2:04 left.
They botched the clock management before Cairo Santos scored a 43-yard field goal with 1:59 left to tie the game within a Packers touchdown. With only two timeouts, they were forced to attempt an onside kick, and Santos made the third onside kick of his career as Romeo Doubs couldn’t subdue it, and Josh Blackwell recovered for the Bears at 47.
Bears rookie Jahdae Walker, who had barely played this season and hadn’t made a catch before Saturday night, was wide open in the back of the end zone. He caught a 6-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-4 with 24 seconds left. The Bears elected to kick the extra point to tie the game, sending the game into overtime.
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The Bears, who had less than a 1 percent chance of winning before the onside kick, won the coin toss and elected to kick off. The Packers then drove to the Chicago 36 where they faced a third-and-1. Malik Willis was sacked for no gain, and on fourth-and-1 the Packers had an aborted snap to turn the tide on downs.
The Bears drove 64 yards in four plays, Moore, who was closely covered by Keisean Nixon, made the catch of his career in the end zone for the victory.
Chicago outscored Green Bay 400 to 384, with Williams going 19 of 34 for 250 yards and two touchdowns. Moore caught five for 97 yards and a touchdown. Kyle Monangai caught three passes for 43 yards and had nine carries for 50 yards.
The Packers lost quarterback Jordan Love to a concussion following a roughing penalty on Austin Booker midway through the second quarter. Love was 8 of 13 for 77 yards before Willis replaced him.
Willis went 9 of 11 for 121 yards and a touchdown, with Doubs catching five for 84 yards and a touchdown. Emanuel Wilson had 14 carries for 82 yards.
