Patriots comeback falls short, Bears Win a Wild One At Soldier Field
Bears led 31 -6 at the half and looked like a blowout, untill the patriots passing game exploded in the 2nd half. The Bears offense scored just enough to hold on as the bears win 52-44.
Tom Brady threw for 569 yards on 45/65 passing with 3 TDs and 3 INTs
Jay Cutler went 21/36 for 290 yards with 3 TDs and 1 INTs
Joseph addai had 92 yards on 20 carries with 2 Tds.
Forte had 81 yards on 27 attempts and 1 Td
Chad Ochocinco had 13 catches for 193 yards to lead all receivers.
Branch had 7 catches for 74 yards
Brandon Marshall had 6 catches for 89 yards and 1 TD
Bears O-Line gave up 4 sacks. Patriots O-Line gave up 6 sacks.
McClellin's phenomenal rookie year continues as he gets another 2 sacks. McCargo, Melton, Urlacher and Hayden all had 1 sack each.
Geno Hayes, Charles tillman, and DJ Moore all had 1 INT each, with Hayes and Moore's going back for Touchdowns.
Gould went 1/1 in kicking. It was from 44 yards
Bears also lost Matt Toeaina for 4 weeks due to a injury
Roach is out 2 weeks Partial groin Tear
Peppers is out 2 weeks with a Upper arm fracture
Melton is out 3 weeks with a partial groin tear
Lovie On defensive 2nd half...."Of Course you want to be better. We had an outstanding 1st half, don't quite know what hit us in the second half. No question the patriots have a great offense, they showed us in the second half of this game, that they can explode at any moment.
We will go back and look at the tape and will make adjustments to improve."
the 10-3 Bears now face the 9-4 Vikings in the metrodome, which most certainly be loud and crazy inside that dome. Big divisional game this week. Joe Buck and troy Aikman will have the call on FOX