The New York Giants blew into the Windy City this weekend with nothing to lose unlike their opponent — the Chicago Bears — who at 4-6 had a lot to lose.

This was a contest between two teams who have had a boatload of issues between them this season and the flow of the game was choppy from start to finish. For a Week 12 game, it was an undisciplined mess. If these two teams weren’t playing each other they would have embarrassed themselves against a real NFL team.

The Bears had several opportunities early on but penalties, turnovers and drops kept them off the board. The Giants ended up opening the scoring with a three-yard touchdown pass from Daniel Jones to rookie tight end Kaden Smith midway through the second quarter.

Then, Aldrick Rosas’ struggles continued, missing two field goals in the first half, one from 42 yards and the second from 43. Both snaps from Zak DeOssie were errant. The Bears finally got on the board with a field goal with eight seconds left in the first half.

In the second half, after Rosas’ opening kick went out of bounds giving the Bears the ball on their own 40, the Giants’ defense thought they had the Bears stopped when Marcus Golden sacked Mitchell Trubisky on a third-and-10 from the Giants’ 37.

But Giants’ corner Janoris Jenkins was called for holding wide receiver Allen Robinson, negating the sack and giving Chicago a first down on the Giants’ 32. On the very next play, Trubisky found Robinson streaking over the middle past rookie corner Corey Ballentine to give the Bears a 10-7 lead.

The Bears would take control of the game from there, kicking a field goal on their next possession. Then, Bears’ linebacker Khalil Mack blew past Giants left tackle Nate Solder and stripped the football away from Jones. The Bears would take a 19-7 lead after Trubisky punched it in from two yards out.

The Giants next scored with 4:10 remaining when Daniel Jones, on a 4th-and-18 from the Giants’ 23, threw up a desperation pass into the end zone. Golden Tate managed to reel it in to narrow the score to 19-14 which ended up being the final.

In short, the Bears were awful and the Giants were worse. The Giants lost their seventh straight game and are 2-9 after 11 games, one game worse than they were last year at this time.

Notes

• Safety Jabrill Peppers left the game midway through the third quarter with a hip injury. Rookie Julian Love took his place. Entering the game, Love had only played three defensive snaps all year. He picked off an ill-advised Trubisky pass early in the fourth quarter.
• Saquon Barkley was not a factor in the game, rushing 17 times for 59 yards and allowing a swing pass to slip through his hands in the first half which would have gone for a huge gain.
• Jones sustained a cut on his right hand on the Giants’ final possession that may or may not have hindered him as he threw several incompletions as the Giants turned the ball over on downs.
• The two missed field goals ended up being the difference in the game.
• The Giants had their first team offensive line intact after missing some time due to injury. Jon Halapio was back at center while the two tackles – Nate Solder and Mike Remmers — also both started.

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