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3 reasons to be thankful for Bears’ 24-20 win over Lions

The Bears emerged victorious in a comeback victory thanks to the performances of QB Mitch Trubisky, S Eddie Jackson and WR Anthony Miller.

The Chicago Bears (6-6) celebrated Thanksgiving with a clutch 24-20 victory over the Detroit Lions (3-8-1).

While the game was too close for one’s liking, the Bears battled through adversity and battled back from a 10-point deficit to earn their second straight win and their fourth consecutive against the Lions.

Here are three reasons to be thankful for the Bears’ Thanksgiving win over Detroit:

1. Mitchell Trubisky’s success vs. Lions

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Mitchell Trubisky continued his success against the Lions with perhaps his best performance of the season on Thanksgiving Day. After finding success against Detroit in Week 10 — where he threw for three touchdowns — Trubisky continued that success against the Lions in Week 13.

Trubisky completed 29-of-38 passes for 338 yards with three touchdowns and one interception for a 118.1 passer rating. He notched a season-high in passing yards, as well as tied his season-high in touchdown passes.

While the game ultimately came down to a defensive stop, Trubisky did enough to rally the Bears down 10 points in the second quarter to notch their second straight win — and their fourth consecutive win over the Lions.

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Instant Analysis of Bears’ 24-20 win over Lions

The Bears overcame a 10-point deficit and notched their 2nd straight victory with a 24-20 victory over the Lions on Thanksgiving Day.

The Chicago Bears celebrated Thanksgiving with a 24-20 victory over the Detroit Lions. It was anything but a pretty win, but the win kept Chicago’s slim playoff hopes alive at 6-6.

The Bears overcame a 10-point deficit to defeat the Lions for a fourth consecutive time.

Chicago’s defense got off to a shaky start against third-string quarterback David Blough, who started the game with a 75-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Golladay. The Lions followed up that drive with a 10-play 78-yard scoring drive that culminated in a Blough to Marvin Jones Jr. and a 14-7 lead.

After jumping out to a 17-7 lead in the first half, Chicago’s offense battled back to cut the lead to 17-10 at halftime after a 30-yard Eddy Pineiro field goal.

Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky continued his hot streak against the Lions with perhaps his best performance of the season. He completed 29-of-38 passes for 338 yards with three touchdowns and one interceptions good enough for a 118.1 passer rating. Trubisky had just two incompletions in the

With the Bears thin at tight end, Jesper Horsted came up big for the Bears with an 18-yard touchdown reception that tied the game at 17-17 in the third quarter.

Chicago took its second lead of the game in the fourth quarter with a nine-play 90-yard drive that culminated in a Trubisky to David Montgomery three-yard touchdown pass.

With the Bears leading 24-20 with less than two minutes remaining, the Lions were threatening to score the go-ahead touchdown. The defense came up big, including a Roquan Smith sack for a 13-yard loss on third-and-nine.

But it was safety Eddie Jackson who intercepted Blough on a Hail Mary on fourth-and-22 with :29 left in the game that sealed the victory.

The Bears have a week before their next Thursday matchup, a primetime game against the Dallas Cowboys.

4 bold predictions for Bears’ Week 13 matchup vs. Lions

Will Mitchell Trubisky replicate his performance? Will Eddie Jackson get his first INT this season? Our Bears bold predictions vs. Lions.

The Chicago Bears (5-6) are looking to extend their winning streak to two when they face off against the struggling Detroit Lions (3-7-1) on Thanksgiving.

The Bears are looking to complete the season sweep against the Lions, as they defeated Detroit 20-13 in their first meeting three weeks ago. But Chicago will have to do it shorthanded, as they have six players already ruled out for Thursday’s game.

Here are four bold predictions for the Bears’ Week 13 matchup:

1. Mitchell Trubisky replicates 3-TD performance vs. Lions

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Mitchell Trubisky has historically played well against the Detroit Lions in his career. He has an eight to three touchdown to interception ratio with a 68% completion, a 102.0 passer rating and an average of 7.9 yards per attempt, all numbers that rank better than his career numbers.

Factor in the fact the Lions defense is playing at its worst, most recently losing to the Dwayne Haskins-led Redskins. Then there’s that fact that one of Trubisky’s best games this season came just three weeks ago against the Lions, where he tossed three touchdowns.

Considering the Lions defense hasn’t improved much since their last meeting — and the Bears offense is looking to build off their third quarter success — Trubisky could be in for his best game this season, complete with a repeat three-touchdown performance.

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Bears RB Tarik Cohen doesn’t appreciate fans booing

Add RB Tarik Cohen to the list of Bears that don’t agree with fans booing the team when times get tough at Soldier Field.

When it comes to Chicago sports, there are certain topics that spark heavy debate and will continue to be talked about for years to come. Was Jay Cutler a good quarterback? Is Michael Jordan better than LeBron James? Was the 1985 Super Bowl team the greatest in NFL history?

Alright, we know there’s no debate there. But another hot-button item has to do with fan booing and what players think of the action. Some have voiced their displeasure for fan booing while others understand their frustrations. Add Bears running back Tarik Cohen to the former, however.

Cohen, speaking with reporters after the Bears’ 19-14 win against the New York Giants, wasn’t pleased with how the fans comported themselves during the game when the team struggled to move the ball down the field.

“The boos are definitely not necessary,” Cohen told the media. “We’re not booing each other so I don’t understand why if you’re a fan of somebody, how could you boo them when they’re going through hardships? We don’t care, the boos or the yells or screams for us, it doesn’t faze us anymore. We hear them, but it’s just nothing.”

Cohen finished his answer by saying “it’s just us against the world, basically.”

Cohen, who rushed for 25 yards on six carries and caught seven passes for 29 yards, isn’t the first to be rubbed the wrong way by negative fan reaction. Safety Eddie Jackson voiced his displeasure with the boo birds following the Bears’ opening week loss to the Packers. Since then, it’s been a common theme along the lakefront in 2019. A season that began with so much promise soured quickly, leaving fans with a bitter taste in their mouths.

With two more games to go at Soldier Field this season, Cohen and the Bears likely haven’t heard the last of the booing from the fans in attendance. Is he justified in his response or should players understand that fans may boo if the product on the field isn’t up to their standards?

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Studs and Duds from Bears’ Week 12 win over Giants

The Chicago Bears’ victory over the New York Giants followed a familiar script for the 2019 season. The offense was allergic to first downs in the first half as they fell behind an inferior opponent. Something changed at halftime and Mitchell …

The Chicago Bears’ victory over the New York Giants followed a familiar script for the 2019 season.

The offense was allergic to first downs in the first half as they fell behind an inferior opponent.

Something changed at halftime and Mitchell Trubisky looked like a new quarterback in the third quarter, giving the Bears a lead and giving the fans new hope.

Then in the fourth quarter, the defense forgets how to play football, Trubisky turns back into a pumpkin, and the Giants keep it close with one final drive to win it.

This time, Chicago’s defense held strong and they went to celebrate Club Dub for beating a two-win opponent.

Still, the signs of life the Bears showed on both sides of the ball brought some excitement back to a season that was lacking it.

Here are the studs and duds from win number five.

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WATCH: Bears’ defense forces pair of takeaways on Rams’ first two possessions

The Bears defense has forced turnovers on the Rams’ first two offensive possessions.

In a game that’s expected to a defensive showdown, the Chicago Bears got things started early.

On the first play of the Los Angeles Rams’ opening possession, Bears safety Eddie Jackson forced a fumble of Rams running back Todd Gurley on the Los Angeles 38-yard line. Safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix recovered the fumble, which gave the Bears the ball at the Los Angeles 46-yard line.

The Bears ran 7 plays for 15 yards and were unable to convert the takeaway into points. On fourth-and-nine, the Bears opted to go for it rather than kick a 49-yard field goal.

Kicker Eddy Pineiro had missed a 48-yard attempt on Chicago’s opening possession. Pineiro is 4 for his last 7 on field goals, and he missed an extra point last week.

On Los Angeles’ second series, they were driving down the field before linebacker Roquan Smith intercepted Rams quarterback Jared Goff at the Chicago 27-yard line.

That was Smith’s second interception of Goff in the last two meetings. He recorded an interception in last season’s meeting on Dec. 9, 2018.

The Bears and Rams are scoreless near the end of the first quarter.

4 bold predictions for Bears’ Week 11 matchup vs. Rams

The Bears will face the Rams in a rematch of last season’s defensive showdown, and we’ve got some bold predictions heading into the game.

The Chicago Bears (4-5) return to primetime in what’s become an important conference game against the Los Angeles Rams (5-4), where both struggling teams are looking for a win to keep in the NFC Wild Card playoff race.

The Bears broke their four-game losing streak with a divisional win over the Detroit Lions, which hopefully provides some momentum for the team heading into an important matchup.

Here are four bold predictions for the Bears’ Week 11 contest versus the Rams.

1. Khalil Mack outperforms Aaron Donald

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Khalil Mack and Aaron Donald are two of the NFL’s best players, period. Just look at the money the Bears and Rams, respectively, have given to two players that have altered their franchises.

While Mack and Donald don’t play the same position, their job is simply to get after the quarterback. They’re both two play makers that can wreck a game at any moment. Both haven’t replicated their statistical outputs from a season ago, but they’re still dominant forces that require offenses to game-plan around them.

Mack, specifically, has been quiet since September, where he recorded 4.5 sacks and 4 forced fumbles after the first four games. Since then, Mack has had just one additional sack. While the defense’s recent struggles don’t all fall on him, this is one of those games where Mack needs to come out like the force he is and win this game for the Bears, adding a couple sacks of Jared Goff and forcing a fumble.

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Bears S Eddie Jackson is feeling the stress as he searches for first takeaway this season

Bears S Eddie Jackson was known for his ballhawking ability in 2018. But that hasn’t been the case in 2019, and he’s feeling the pressure.

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Last season, Chicago Bears safety Eddie Jackson was considered a turnover machine. At one point in 2018, Jackson had forced turnovers in three of the first four games.

Jackson capped an All-Pro season with six interceptions, two forced fumbles and amassed five touchdowns in his first two seasons.

But 2019 has been a different story for Jackson, who has failed to notch a single takeaway in nine games. Why is that?

“You know I really can’t even answer that,” Jackson said Tuesday, via NBC Sports Chicago. “We’ve just got to continue flying around and try to make plays on the ball.”

“That’s like a trick question – I really don’t know how to answer that. You’ve got to fly around. Guys got to make plays on the ball, strip the ball, or get in position to make plays and try to intercept it and things like that. Really don’t know.”

In fact, it’s approaching the one-year mark since Jackson last scored a touchdown. That came last Thanksgiving against the Detroit Lions, where Jackson intercepted Matthew Stafford at a critical moment in the fourth quarter that gave the Bears a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

But it’s now been 12 games since his last takeaway, and Jackson is feeling the pressure.

“This is the longest it’s ever been in my life , playing football, without an interception, without a touchdown – ever,” he said. “So it’s getting stressful. I’m just happy we won the last game, but just being that type of competitor, you want the ball. It’s going to come, that’s all I can tell myself.”

Over his first two seasons, Jackson has established a reputation for always being around the ball, something that hasn’t been true this season. While he’s not making excuses, including learning Chuck Pagano’s scheme, he also knows that he needs to put himself in better situations to make plays.

“I’m one of my biggest critics, so I just feel like I need to get in more positions to make plays, if that makes any sense,” he said. “Like I said, it’s a different system, there are different things, so you’ve just got to buy in and control what you can control. And that’s dominating my square and my man. Wherever I’m in, just got to dominate that.”

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