Bears rally to knock off Vikings on Monday Night Football

MINNEAPOLIS - The Bears lost a final quarter lead Monday night in Minnesota for the second consecutive week. Yet, this time they energized for an intriguing 12-10 triumph on Cairo Santos' fourth field objective of the game, a 30-yarder, with :10 excess.

The Bears protection enlisted four capture attempts of Joshua Dobbs and held the Vikings out of the end zone until Dobbs' 17-yard score pass to tight end T.J. Hockenson gave Minnesota a 10-9 lead with 5:44 left in the final quarter.

Justin Fields then bounced back subsequent to losing two final quarter bumbles to gotten the Bears ready to win. The third-year master finished a 36-yard ignore the center to DJ Moore to the Minnesota 13 on third-and-10, putting forth up Santos' definitive field objective.

"I simply needed to demonstrate to my colleagues that I had them covered," Fields said. "The manner in which the protection was playing all game, I needed to return and basically allow us an opportunity toward the end. It felt perfect. Those two bobbles, misfortune's hitting. After the subsequent one, I was debilitated to my stomach. However, the safeguard [forced] a three-and-out and we got the ball back. Whenever you really do have that open door toward the finish of the game, everything before that is through the window."

The Bears guard furnished that open door with a heavenly exhibition, creating four important points for the subsequent straight game and restricting the Vikings to one hostile score and less than 250 complete yards for the second time this season. The unit held Minnesota to 2-of-9 on third down (22.2%) and 0-of-2 on fourth down.

"Safeguard makes energy in a variety of ways," said mentor Matt Eberflus. "They do it through third-down stops, they do it through successes, and they do it through removing the ball. That is the thing we generally teach the folks, and they did every one of the three things today."

Monday night's triumph was especially fulfilling after the Bears had permitted the Lions to score 17 focuses in the last 2:59 last Sunday to transform a 26-14 shortage into a 31-26 win in Detroit.

"We as a whole showed character this evening after not completing last week and afterward sort of that staying with us this week," Santos said. "Taking care of business today was great for our group."

"After last week we needed to do exactly the same thing, yet stick the blade in them," said security Eddie Jackson. "We needed to go four quarters. It wasn't pretty. We have things to tidy up on that score drive. In any case, generally speaking, the guard, I feel like we played lights out."

Jaylon Johnson, Kyler Gordon, Jaquan Brisker and T.J. Edwards generally enrolled capture attempts, while Montez Sweat recorded 1.5 sacks, parting one with Brisker.

Tossing generally short, fast passes, Fields finished 27 of 37 for 217 yards and a 87.3 passer rating and scrambled for a game-high 59 yards on 12 conveys. He was sacked multiple times. Moore drove all recipients with 11 gets for 114 yards.

With the success, the Bears improved to 4-8 and are currently 4-4 since starting the season 0-4.

The Bears opened the game by walking to the Vikings' 24. Yet, their drive slowed down following a sack of Fields, and Santos missed a 48-yard field objective endeavor wide right. Fields finished 8 of 8 passes for 37 yards on the belonging.

Santos later gave the Bears a 3-0 lead, covering their second drive with a 25-yard field objective from the get-go in the subsequent quarter. Fields supported the belonging with a 24-yard pass to a completely open Cole Kmet on fourth-and-10 from the Minnesota 38.

By then in the game, the Bears held definitive benefits over the Vikings in complete yards (119-to-short 7), first downs (7-0) and season of ownership (14:46-1:39).

The guard kept on stating its predominance as Johnson caught an underthrown pass planned for Jordan Addison and returned it 20 yards. Be that as it may, the offense neglected to get a first down and the Bears had to dropkick.

The protection followed with a second consecutive capture as Brisker took out a Dobbs pass that caromed up high off Addison's mind at the Bears' 35. Be that as it may, the offense by and by couldn't profit by the turnover.

Greg Joseph's 34-yard field objective as time terminated in the main half tied the score 3-3. The kick came after Dobbs finished a 28-yard pass to collector Brandon Powell and Gordon drew a 26-yard pass obstruction punishment.

Before their field objective drive, the Vikings had not crossed the 50 on their initial four belongings, marshaling only 24 yards on 16 plays against a smothering Bears safeguard.

Gordon made a vital play on the initial drive of the final part, wrestling Hockenson too far out inches shy of a first down after a 6-yard gathering on fourth-and-7 from the Minnesota 49.