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Caleb Williams threw a touchdown pass on the opening drive and Jeffery Simmons delivered just what Chicago needed on defense as the Bears beat the host Seattle Seahawks 34-17 on Monday night.
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Bears → throw → night
Williams was extremely efficient for the Bears (6-2) against one of the NFL’s stingiest defenses, committing no turnovers, taking just one sack and throwing for 247 yards while completing 71% of his passes.
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Williams → commit → passes
Williams’s play helped set up three short touchdown runs by D’Andre Swift and that proved to be more than enough against Sam Darnold and the Seahawks (4-4), thanks to the impact Simmons had on the defense.
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Simmons → set → defense
Acquired last week from Tennessee for a package that included two first-round picks, Simmons took little time to make a big impact on a defense that had lacked difference-makers.
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that → acquire → makers
He had a sack on the opening drive, added another tackle for loss and finished with six tackles and a pass defended as Chicago held Seattle to 252 yards and one third-down conversion on 11 tries.
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Chicago → have → tries
“I’m so excited to be a Chicago Bear man,” Simmons told ESPN.
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Simmons → ’m → ESPN
We’ve got some stuff to clean up but it’s a good football team and I’m happy to be a part of it.”
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I → get → it
The reigning champion Seahawks lost for the third time in four games and are now looking up at the NFC playoff standings.
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Seahawks → reign → standings
They can ill afford many more slip-ups.
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They → afford → ups
The loss ended a 30-game streak for Seattle in the regular season and playoffs – the fourth longest for any team in the Super Bowl era – of not losing by more than four points.
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loss → end → points
Darnold went 17 of 34 for 188 yards and two touchdowns for Seattle, but his interception in the fourth quarter set up Swift’s third touchdown that made it 34-17 with 4:41 to play.
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it → go → 4:41
The Seahawks struggled once again to run the ball despite their trade last week for three-time All-Pro guard Quenton Nelson and the return of Zach Charbonnet and Jadarian Price from injures.
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Seahawks → struggle → injures
Seattle ran for just 81 yards.
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Seattle → run → yards
The Bears started off well against Seattle’s stout defense by putting together a 17-play drive on their opening possession.
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Bears → start → possession
They took the lead when Williams threw a one-yard touchdown pass to Luther Burden III.
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Williams → take → III
Chicago added two more field goals in the first half and built the lead to 20-9 in the third quarter with another efficient touchdown drive that ended with a one-yard run by Swift.
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that → add → Swift
The Seahawks were bottled up by Simmons and the Bears for almost the entire first half before Darnold connected with Jaxon Smith-Njigba on a 43-yard touchdown pass with 30 seconds left in the second quarter.
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Darnold → bottle → quarter
Things looked bleak for Seattle when Jason Myers had a 33-yard field goal blocked in the opening minute of the fourth quarter.
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goal → look → quarter
But DeMarcus Lawrence forced a fumble by Colston Loveland on the next possession that set up Darnold’s seven-yard touchdown pass to Cooper Kupp, and Seattle converted the two-point attempt to make it 20-17.
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it → force → attempt
The Bears answered with another touchdown drive and put the game away after Darnold’s interception.
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Bears → answer → interception
Swift rushed 27 times for a game-high 69 yards, and Loveland and Burden each made seven receptions.
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Loveland → rush → receptions
The Seahawks had entered the game with an NFL-best .711 winning percentage on Monday Night Football (32-13).
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Seahawks → enter → Football
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