In 8-degree cold at Soldier Field, the Chicago Bears steamrolled the Cleveland Browns 31-3 to reach double-digit wins for the first time since 2018.
Caleb Williams threw two touchdowns, the defense forced three turnovers, and the Bears controlled the game from the opening series as D’Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai quietly carved their names into NFL history (again).
With Swift and Monangai each crossing 600 rushing yards and combining for at least five touchdowns this season, the Bears became just the second team in NFL history to produce that kind of two-back output in the same year.
The only other duo to ever do it? Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery on the 2024 Detroit Lions, who had now Bears head coach Ben Johnson as their OC.
A Familiar Blueprint
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Johnson has always believed in pressure through balance. With two backs and multiple run types, defenses are never fully sure where the stress point is coming from. Sunday was the cleanest expression of that game plan yet.
D’Andre Swift finished with 98 yards and two touchdowns with his long being a 17 yarder. Kyle Monangai complemented him with 11 carries for 33 yards, handling the quiet but critical work like converting third and short situations.
Swift and Monangai had already made franchise history earlier this season when they became the first Chicago Bears duo since Walter Payton and Matt Suhey in 1985 to each rush for 100 yards in the same game. Now, they’ve gone even further.
Caleb Williams Benefited From That Balance
GettyBears RB Kyle Monangai
That majorly helped QB Caleb Williams, who finished 17 of 28 for 242 yards and two touchdowns, one of his best games yet.
After completing fewer than 60% of his passes in each of his previous six games, Williams finally looked decisive. Even though the Browns still got to him a couple times (Myles Garrett finished with 1.5 sacks and now sits one sack shy of the NFL’s single season record), Chicago never let Cleveland’s pass rush flip the game.
And the backfield ensured that.
Play-action consistently held Cleveland in place, and Williams’ best throw of the afternoon came on the move, hitting DJ Moore in stride for a touchdown that stretched the lead and sucked the air out of the building. Moore finished with 69 yards and two scores, stepping up with Rome Odunze sidelined for a second straight week.
This was the version of Williams the Chicago Bears envisioned, not hero ball, but a leader commanding the offense.
Chicago didn’t need him to be spectacular Sunday. They didn’t need perfect kicking (Cairo Santos missed a 33 yard kick). They didn’t even need to slow down Myles Garrett.
What they needed was an identity. And they found it in a two-headed backfield that controls tempo, absorbs contact, and forces defenses to stay honest on every snap. One that has been a key factor in the Bears 10-4 start.
D’Andre Swift brings the burst. Kyle Monangai brings the edge. Together, they turn cold afternoons into long, unsolvable problems, the kind that only get harder in December and January.
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